Color Line AS and Aker Yards have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the order of a second ship, a sister vessel to M/S Color Fantasy, the world’s largest cruise ship with car decks delivered from Aker Finnyards the 3rd of December 2004. The contract value is at the same level as for M/S […]
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s No. 2 shipbuilder, said Sunday that it aims to win more than half of 44 gas-tanker orders from Qatar by 2010.
Reflecting the surging global demand for container shipping, China International Marine Containers (CIMC) Co, the world’s largest maker of shipping containers, posted more than a threefold jump in 2004 net profit.
Imtech Marine & Offshore B.V. has received several orders for the UniMACS
On Monday, Weeks Marine Inc. began pumping the first grains of a $6 million beach restoration project expected to bring 265,000 cubic yards onto 4.1 miles of Patrick Air Force Base’s beach, enough to fill about 15,590 dump trucks. The company’s two dredges will pump sand around the clock for the nex
LONDON (AFX) – VT Group PLC said its managing director, shipbuilding, Peter McIntosh bought 25,000 shares in the company at 160.2 pence per share.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd received an order worth more than $10 billion of 44 liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships from Qatargas (Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Ltd.) in the Middle East.
THE GLORY days of Philippine shipbuilding were in the 16th and 17th centuries, when the country led the rest of the Orient in the seafaring trade. Three-masted Spanish galleons loaded with treasure, which swashbuckling English pirates plundered, were constructed in Cavite, Iloilo, Pangasinan, Sorsog
ESSEX, Mass. (AP) – For decades, the bell in the steeple of the First Congregational Church set the rhythm of daily life in this tiny shipbuilding town. It woke shipyard workers at dawn, interrupted the pounding of their wooden mallets at lunch, then tolled again when it was time for the workers to
PARIS (AFX) – Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said talks on the merger of France’s Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN) shipyards with the shipbuilding business of Thales SA are back on track.
TAMPA – Some of his most important customers have rolled out the red carpet for Richard Wainio as he arrives in the hot seat of Tampa port director today. Traditional port businesses like his shipping industry experience.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Malaysia says it will hold talks with Indonesia to resolve a disputed maritime area in the Sulawesi Sea. “Now that both parties are claiming for possession, we will hold diplomatic talks to avoid untoward incidences,” Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said told his
Bandar Seri Begawan – The Philippine Ports Authority announced that interested parties who wish to understand the substantial commercial opportunities currently available in the Philippines are invited to participate in the triennial 3rd Philippine Ports and Shipping 2005 Manila Exhibition and Confe
The Norwegian tanker “Fjord Champion” was still on fire Sunday morning, but the fire was dying out, NRK reports. The crew of 28 were safely evaquated when the Norwegian tanker “Fjord Champion” caught fire late Friday evening, and the ship later drifted ashore near Mandal on the south coast.
