A federal court in California has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate ballast water discharges from freighters, a ruling that has huge implications for the Great Lakes shipping industry. Three…

The Abu Dhabi-based Adnoc subsidiary Esnaad, a marine and supply base services company, has ordered five new vessels from Singapore at a cost of $60 million as part of its fleet replacement.…

Spain's leading oil company Repsol YPF SA and its affiliate Gas Natural SDG SA plan shortly to put out for tender a contract to build a fleet of five LNG carriers. According…

Japanese shipbuilders received orders for vessels with a combined gross tonnage of 1.09 million tonnes last month, up 47.2% from a year before, the Japan Ship Exporters Association said. Orders rose in…

The Singapore-based shipbuilder Labroy Marine has signed a four ship newbuilding contract worth $60.4 million with Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited…

Cebu-based shipbuilding company Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Cebu Inc. (THICI) has committed to invest $ 100 million in the expansion of its shipyard in Balamban town in Cebu's western seaboard. THICI, a joint…

Cosco has won its first contract to build the hull of a FPSO vessel at a cost of $120 million. The vessel combines drilling, production and storage facilities and is designed for…

International classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined forces with leading yacht designers and builders to completely re-engineer its Rules for Classification and Certification of Yachts. The new Rules, launched yesterday, build…

US classification society ABS has given full design approval for the class of the compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier designed and developed by Canadian-based Sea NG Corporation. Full approval follows the earlier…

The Latvian Shipping Company (LASCO) has taken delivery of its second Craotian built products tanker, the 51,800 dwt ?Jurkalne?, from the 3.Maj shipyard. The commissioning ceremony of the first of the 10-ship…