Latest News – Page 772
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NewsHarvey Gulf orders six from Eastern
US yard Eastern Shipbuilding has secured an order for six OSVs.
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Hanjin launches largest Philippine built tanker
Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries recently launched the first and biggest crude oil tanker ever built in the Philippines at its Subic shipyard.
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NewsMachinery training contract with Dutch shipowner
Wärtsilä has signed a three-year training contract with its long-time customer Wagenborg Shipping of the Netherlands.
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NewsFuel savings claimed for propeller retrofit
An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped a ferry achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Sweden and Germany.
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NewsThe quest continues for the better propeller
Propeller efficiency is becoming even more important with rising fuel costs and the drive to reduce carbon emissions.
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NewsChina's shipbuilding to consolidate
China''s shipbuilding industry is likely to speed up consolidation in 2010 in accordance with the policy of adjusting the industry''s structure.
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KR to verify emissions
The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) has been authorised by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea as a verification body for its pilot greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme.
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NewsGazprom orders four LNG carriers
The South Korean shipyard Daewoo has won an order from Russia’s Gazprom for four LNG carriers at a total cost of $2 billion.
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NewsStena E-MAXair - probably the greenest tanker in the world
Environmental and fossil resource issues pose great challenges to the shipping industry and, although ships are the most efficient means of transport, shipping traffic accounts for about 3% to 5 % of the global CO2 emissions.
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NewsCable layer to be lengthened in UK
Cammell Laird has been awarded a major cable layer ship lengthening contract by Nexans.
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Paris MoU concerned about poor boat drills
Rsults from Paris MoU PSC inspections over a recent three-month period show one in five inspections revealed lifeboat drill related deficiencies.
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NewsCrowning a decade of crew boats
Cummins power has been chosen for the latest generation of Gulf crewboats, designed to take this sector through the next decade.
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NewsLifejacket order for new cruise ship
Queen Elizabeth to be equipped with Cosalt Premier lifejackets
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NewsClass proposes even slower ship speeds
Germanischer Lloyd caused something of a stir towards the end of 2009 by advocating ship speeds well below even the current trend for ''slow steaming''.
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NewsTougher times for Norwegian shipyards
Norwegian shipbuilders had a bad 2009, but expect 2010 to be even harder.
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NewsChina Ship Fund starts operations
China is establishing a new fund to assist its shipping industry.
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NewsSTX posts optimistic profit target for 2010
The STX Group in Korea expects to see a recovery in the shipbuilding and shipping sectors.
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NewsThe need to act remains
John Aitken, Secretary-General of SEAaT, looks at the outcome of COP15 for shipping.
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Idle fleet remains high
The idle containership fleet, according to Alphaliner, remains at a very high level.
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NewsTop container carriers’ active capacity down
Alphaliner reports that the active capacity of the top 20 container carriers dropped by 2.4% over the last 12 months.
