South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has said it had won 1.1 billion dollar in orders to build an oil rig and a drilling ship for Brazilian and US clients.
The world’s largest container ship Xin Los Angeles made its maiden call to Westports in Klang Port near Kuala Lumpur Sunday. “Xin LA’s arrival at Westports is a testimony of the growing bilateral trade between Malaysia and China,” Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said. Over the past d
Pressure on freight rates as a glut of tonnage begins floating into service has failed to put the brakes on newbuilding orders, and lines are injecting billions of dollars into new and larger vessels. Many of the June orders are for vessels greater than 8,000 TEU and the total price tag is equally i
The tender for the privatization of the Mangalia Shipyard could resume by fall, as new evaluation procedures are under way, said the shipyard’s General Director Eugen Tudor. How soon the procedures will start depends on the Ministry of Economy who is in charge of preliminary proceedings, explained t
The giant cruise ship named The World is anchoring at Saigon Port for its first-ever trip to Vietnam. The Bahamas-flagged ship, which arrived here yesterday, carries some 130 tourists and crewmembers from mainly the United States.
Well the wind has at last filled in and judging by the grib file shown here on the chart for 0400 the boats should now see some consistent south westerly winds for the next few days. The northern boats were definitely favoured over those in the south and it is likely that we will see […]
Good progress was made over the weekend with respect to the removal of deck cargo from the grounded container ship
Hydro has awarded Aker Kvaerner a total contract which could be worth up to NOK 850 million for the Subsea Compression Pilot for Ormen Lange. This is a world first for subsea compression. If the project provides the expected results, the Ormen Lange partners will have a cost effective alternative to
Royal Boskalis Westminster nv announces that her employee, Michael Los who was abducted in Nigeria last Thursday, has been released. Mr. Los is unharmed and in good health. Both the Dutch Embassy and the Government of Bayelsa State have contributed substantially to his release. After medical review
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Yesterday started well, but as the day wore on winds dropped and speeds slowed and the last 12 hours produced only minima mileages. Westernaustralia.com and Qingdao managed the most, perhaps showing that their route to the north had paid off, although the Australians have now turned west to re-join
The U.S. Navy will christen its new 684-foot warship the Green Bay on Saturday at a shipyard near New Orleans. “People are stoked about it,” said Navy Lt. Brian Peters, electronic materials officer for the USS Green Bay. “What’s unusual is, we’re building it in New Orleans, and we’re also building a
Vancouver Shipyards of North Vancouver has won a $45.5 million contract to build a new medium-sized vessel for B.C. Ferries. The new 125-car ferry will replace the 46-year-old Queen of Tsawwassen, and is expected to go into service on the Earls Cove-Saltery Bay run on the Sunshine Coast in the summe
