Prompted by the global trend toward reduction of environmental impact of ocean liners a Norwegian engineer has designed a cargo ship that is powered by wind and gas, dubbed the VindskipTM. The concept highlight introduced by Mr Terje Lade, managing director of the company Lade AS, is that the hull o
US-listed owner and operator of very large gas carriers Dorian LPG has taken delivery of the ECO VLGC “Corvette” from Hyundai Heavy Industries. “Corvette”, Dorian’s third newbuilding delivery, will initially trade in the spot market and is the first of 15 deliveries that the company expects in 2015.
Hong Kong-headquartered Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL) has christened the newest 8,888 TEU SX-class container ship OOCL Taipei at a naming ceremony held on Changxing Island in Shanghai. OOCL Taipei is the fifth of the eight 8,888 TEU vessels that OOCL had commissioned Hudong-Zhonghua to buil
Japanese classification society ClassNK has published the third version of its Guidelines for Gas Fuelled Ships. The updated version provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on key design features relating to bunkering, hull structure, fire safety, and explosion prevention measures. As restric
Overtonnaging is top of the list of things which shipping can change in 2015, as the industry gears up to get to grips with the 2015 challenges, as explained by Moore Stephens Shipping Partner Richard Greiner. Accelerated scrapping is needed, together with an acknowledgement that there are already t
South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has reached a tentative agreement with the labor union on the wage and collective bargaining agreement for the year 2014. According to the tentative agreement, HHI employees would receive a basic pay of KRW 37,000 (USD 33.36), represent
Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information has reinstated the country’s shipbulder Jiangsu New East Marine Equipment Co (JNEME) to the “white list” of companies, the Ministry said in a statement on December 31st. JNEME, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore-listed JES International Holdings, was
Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Limited has reported a strong finish to 2014, entering into thirteen new shipbuilding orders in the fourth quarter of the year, including nine effective orders with a total contract value of USD 388 million, and four new options worth an aggregate value of U
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), has started off the new year by naming two 10,000 TEU container ships for a Greek shipping line, Oceanbulk Maritime SA. At the simultaneous naming ceremony, the vessels were named after the famous French and Spanish painters, Cezanne and Dali
AMT Explorer Sinks with Prysmian’s Cargo Cable barge AMT Explorer sank on Thursday, July 3 around 50 miles southwest of Sardinia while carrying Prysmian’s power cables to the North Sea.…Read more EU States Reject Ban on Filipino Seafarers At the Committee on the Safety of the Sea (COSS) held on 23 A
Norway’s liquefied natural gas shipping company Golar LNG Limited has executed and made effective agreements with Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Limited for conversion of the 125,000 m3 LNG carrier Golar Gimi to a floating liquefaction facility (FLNGV). The contract is worth approximately USD 705 milli
Float-On and Transport of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard Following the successful parbuckling of Costa Concordia, and in anticipation of the pending refloat, Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., provides some basic information on how the float-on will be
Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation has bought another 50 percent of shares in Arctech Helsinki Shipyard from STX Finland Oy, becoming the sole owner of the Finnish shipbuilder. Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. was founded in December 2010, when United Shipbuilding Corporation bought the first 50
Spain’s LaNaval Shipyard has laid the keel of the ferry Texelstroom, ordered by the dutch company Royal N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO). Texelstroom, 135 meters long and 28 meters wide, will carry up to 1,750 persons and 350 vehicles. The vessel will be powered by diesel-oil or altern
