Rongsheng denies media stories
JULY 5, 2013 —Trading in the shares of China Rongsheng Heavy Industries ((HKG 1101) on the Hong Kong Exchange resumed this morning after the shipbuilder said that major shareholder Mr. Zhang Zhi
Rolls-Royce wins OSRV design and equipment order
JULY 5, 2013 — Rolls-Royce today announced that it has signed a contract with Brazilian shipbuilder Aliança S/A Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, a subsidiary of Fischer Group, and Brazilian shipowner
IHC’s Govert Hamers to take SEA Europe chairmanship
JULY 5, 2013 —The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) says that IHC Merwede’s President, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gørvell-Dahll as Chairman in October 2013. Mr. Gørvell-Dahll will step
Two-stroke optimized for Panamax bulkers passes TAT
JULY 4, 2013 — Another Wärtsilä two-stroke engine has successfully passed its Type Approval Test (TAT). The RT-flex58T version D ER-3 is a further optimized version of the Wärtsilä RT-flex58T version D
Canadian shipowners to carry out BWM tests
JULY 3, 2012 — As shipowners continue to wrestle with which ballast water management systems to choose, the members of the Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) have partnered with the Great Ships Initiative
PetroVietnam unit orders jack-up at Keppel FELS
JULY 3, 2012 — Vietnam’s PV Drilling Overseas (PVDO), a unit of PetroVietnam has placed an order at Singapore’s Keppel FELS for a KFELS B Class jack-up rig for approximately US$210 million.
STX Finland gets LOI for two LNG fueled ferries
JULY 3, 2012 — Scandlines and STX Finland s signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) covering construction of two new ferries, each with a capacity of 1,300 passengers and 72 trucks or
USCG Petty Officer to face sex charge court martial
JULY 3, 2012 — Incidents alleged to have occurred aboard the Coast Guard Cutters Polar Star and Gallatin are among those that will see a Coast Guard Petty Officer face a court-martial
Scorpio Tankers gets into LPG sector
JULY 3, 2012 — “We are excited about our entry into LPG which we have long considered an extension of the product market,” said Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) CEO and chairman
Bergen to sell a chunk of its shipbuilding business
JULY 2, 2013 — Norway’s Bergen Group looks to be set to sell off a chunk of its shipyard business. It says it “is now in the final phase of clarifying a