State-run Shipping Corp of India (SCI) has put orders for new vessels on hold till March although its long-term plan to buy 40 vessels by the end of 2011 is still on…

Malaysia's largest shipping company, MISC Bhd, has halved its orders of chemical tankers to be built by South Korea?s SLS Shipbuilding from eight to four vessels. MISC said the revision was mutually…

Japan received orders for export ships totalling 274,970 cgt in December, down 91.1% from the same month a year ago according to figures released by the Japan Ship Exporters? Association. It is…

Named Petrorig I, the first unit of a series of four Larsen Oil & Gas ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs on order with Sembcorp Marine?s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, has completed its…

Coastal Bulk Shipping, based in Rochester, UK, has ceased trading at the end of December 2008. The company operated a fleet of 13 vessels (between 1,200 dwt and 2,250 dwt) and employed…

The latest research developments covering aspects of ship powering prediction and the performance of ?unconventional propulsors? are highlighted in Marine Powering Prediction And Propulsors, now available from the Society of Naval Architects…

Speaking at the Ship Recycling Forum in Dubai yesterday (January 19), Lloyd's Register?s Robin Townsend explained to delegates just how the new standard for ship recycling, ISO 30000, can help meet the…

The board of Odense Staalskibsv?rft A/S in Denmark has agreed on a new business model and has confirmed that it will continue building ships at Lind?, but at the same time the…

Edison Chouest Offshore has assumed management and operation of its recently acquired Tampa Bay Shipbuilding and Repair, now known as Tampa Ship LLC.yard. The Tampa shipyard is a full service conversion, overhaul…

The global slump in the shipping industry is turning out to be a boon for the ship breaking industry in Alang, according to local industry sources, around 100 ships have been beached…