Ventilation systems on board of ships are covered by new construction rules which have come into force on September 1st. The construction rules contain technical requirements for different ship types and ventilation…

The keel laying ceremony of the new logistic support vessel for the Royal Netherlands Navy took place at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania. The new 56 metre long vessel will replace the current…

Two container ships for E.R. Schiffahrt were named at the Hyundai shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. Both are Panamax vessels, each with a container capacity of 2,556 teu. They continue the newbuilding…

A Lloyd?s Register Group company has acquired ?degaard & Danneskiold-Sams?e A/S (ODS), a Danish consultancy specialising in noise, vibration and machinery dynamics. The acquisition will build on the strengths of both organisations…

A dispute between the owner of the former Cammell Laird shipyard and its tenant Northwestern Shiprepairers has led to 32 people losing their jobs. Northwestern vacated the site after failing to reach…

ABB Ltd., the world's biggest maker of power transformers, will spend $100 million in China to open factories and hire as many as 4,000 employees in three years. The company will use…

South Korea's steel giant POSCO has set up its Indian subsidiary to build a 12 million tonne steel plant in Orissa. The company had signed a deal with the Orissa government for…

A contract to guarantee advance-money for the building of six cargo ships for export to Britain was signed between the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) and the Bank for Investment and…

The Philippine government initiative in 2004 to link the islands of the country through a system of roro shipping, known as the Strong Republic Nautical Highway System, has given local shipbuilders a…

Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders has offered £6m to buy the dry docks at the centre of its dispute with landlord Reddington Finance. News of the offer comes as the shipyard group prepares…