The US shipping company Horizon Lines announced today it took delivery of its first new containership, the ?Horizon Hunter? from the Hyundai Mipo shipyard in South Korea. The newbuilding is the first…

Heung-A Shipping in South Korea placed an order for a 11,500DWT chemical tanker with a Japanese shipbuilder. Contract price is $29 million and delivery is January 2011. The shipping company also has…

The Shipyard Association of Cebu (SAC) has entered into a technical agreement with the Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards, Gorinchem, to construct four double-hulled oil tankers for delivery by 2008.The partnership will allow…

Höegh Autoliners of Norway has entered a long term strategic co-operation with Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) including the construction of four large pure car truck carriers (PCTC) with options for four…

The EU has chosen a research consortium coordinated by Wärtsilä to receive a EUR 1.0 million grant to develop the use of methanol-consuming fuel cells to provide electrical power to marine vessels.…

Daehan Shipbuilding Co, a South Korean shipbuilder, has won a $590 million order to build eight ships for a European company. Daehan, which is building a shipyard in the south-western part of…

U.N Ro-Ro, Istanbul, awarded contracts to Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft for two 3,735 lane metre RoRo vessels. The Turkish company has already ordered twelve vessels from Flensburger, of which ten have been delivered to…

The European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC), which represents more than 1,250 companies across Europe in the marine equipment sector, welcomes the draft EEuropean Parliament (EP TRAN) committee report from Luis de Grandes…