The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) became the world’s third largest shipbuilding conglomerate last year, behind the Republic of Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries and Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding Company.
Thick black smoke belched from a lake freighter that caught fire in Hamilton harbour while crews were working on it yesterday morning. No one was hurt as firefighters struggled to douse the blaze below decks in the ship. District fire chief Brian Stark said the fire broke out at 10:45 a.m. inside th
Denmark based PCB supplier GPV has signed a contract with Thales Nederland about deliveries to the Danish Navy’s new patrol ships. GPV has signed a contract with the Dutch part of the Thales group about the production of modules for radar systems to the Royal Danish Navy’s new patrol ships. To begin
The advanced composite construction of the hull of the super high performance Wally 130, is completed at WallyEurope shipyard. The slim and light hull of the new super yacht was successfully turned and re-positioned inside the shed, to start the next phases of the building process: the outfitting an
Wärtsilä has won a Vinashin Shipbuilding Industry Corporation contract to supply fixed pitch (FP) propellers for a series of five bulk carriers under construction for UK-based shipowner Graig Group. The contract signed in November, marks Wärtsilä’s first FP propeller contract from a Vietnamese shipy
The first international plan to try and stop the overfishing of tuna has been adopted by regulators meeting in Japan. The plan called for better monitoring and co-ordination across regions, as well as action against illegal fishing.
A multi-million pound grant has been awarded to a Kent port town to help towards a regeneration project. The South East England Development Agency (Seeda) will give £7.5m to redevelop the St James’s area of Dover.
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $25 million contract modification to continue to perform a range of work on USS Texas (SSN-775) during its post-shakedown availability (PSA). Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.
CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launching of its new MAYA Express service between Florida and Central America. This new weekly service will start operating on 25th January 2007 and will deploy one 300 teus vessel. Higher-capacity vessels will be deployed in service in the near future. The rotatio
Dover Harbour Board has called for more long-term vision in the government’s transport policies to match its 30-year plan for development of the docks. An exhibition of plans to turn the former Hoverport at the Western Docks into a second ferry terminal is being held in Dover Town Hall.
Two specialist crane barges are sailing from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to join the operation to salvage the cargo of beached container ship MSC Napoli. They will start lifting the remaining 4,000 containers off the ship, grounded off Sidmouth in east Devon, on Friday.
Fincantieri, having agreed an industrial partnership with RMK Marine shipyard (KOC Group) of Tuzla (Istanbul), has succeeded in winning a bid called by the Turkish Authority for the Defence Industries for the construction of four patrol vessels for the local Coast Guards.
Jersey will need to change its law to get the same financial protection as other countries against oil disasters. The island is covered up to £120m by the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds, but it has not signed a new treaty that offers more.
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipyard, said Thursday that it has won a $500 million order to build five container ships for a German shipping company.
