Chevron has taken delivery of the first of a new class of four VLCCs with a number of interesting features. The four VLCCs, which were contracted at Samsung Heavy Industries in South…

FastShip is to install 250MW (340,000 bhp) in each of its high-speed container ships to achieve a service speed of 40 knots on the route between the USA and Europe. The company…

Figures from Lloyd`s Register shows the world orderbook grew by 2.1 million gross tonnage (mgt) in the quarter to end-September 1998 to stand at 57.7mgt (2,727 sea-going merchant ships over 100gt). Almost…

The IMO`s Marine Safety Committee will undertake a formal safety assessment study of bulk carriers in order to aid future decision making and has referred several issues to a sub-committee on Stability…

New tonnage orders for the cruise industry continue with French yard Chantiers de l`Atlantique securing a construction contract from operator Radisson Seven Seas France. Ordered is a 46,000t newbuilding scheduled to be…

Korean yards are starting to make their presence felt in the international passenger/car ferry newbuilding market. Last month Samsung secured an order for two passenger/car ferries for Greece`s Minoan Lines. Now Daewoo…

Chinese yard Shanghai Edward Shipbuilding Co has signed a contract to build a 16,800 dwt chemical tanker for Swedish owner Rederi Donsoetank AB. The yard, which is working with a full orderbook…

Wartsila NSD has secured the first order for its low-speed RTA68T-B engines from the Polish shipyard Stocznia Gdynia. The two six-cylinder engines will be installed in a duo of 78,500m3 LPG carriers…

Specialist equipment manufacturer Horn has added two four-stroke engine protection products to its portfolio. The MEV278 is a compact safety system gives overspeed protection and monitors all the functions required by the…

MAN B&W`s PMI System is a portable computerised tool which can be used for performance evaluation of the company`s two-stroke diesel engines. The system measures the cylinder pressure via a piezo-electric transducer…