MAY 6, 2013 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has booked an order to build what will be the world’s largest containerships. Worth $700 million, it has been placed
MARCH 18, 2013 — Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards reports that Vancouver Shipyards (VSY) has started design work under the Construction Engineering Contract for the Canadian Coast Guard’s Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel (OFSV). This
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — A report published today by Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) indicates that the Canadian Government may have massively underestimated the costs of its National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS).
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 — Seaspan Shipyards’ Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. has been awarded a series of preliminary contracts valued at a total of Canadian $15.7 million. They cover the joint support ships,
OCTOBER 15, 2012 — The introduction of sulfur limits in the North American ECA and the ratification of the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) were high on the agenda when Germanischer
OCTOBER 12, 2012 — Gerardo Borromeo has been appointed President of ship management trade association InterManager. Mr. Borromeo is Vice-Chairman and CEO of Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc. (PTC), one of the largest
Canada’s Seaspan Marine Corporation has entered into a technology support agreement with Korean shipbuilding giant STX Offshore and Shipbuilding Company Ltd. Seaspan says the partnership will optimize Vancouver Shipyard’s planned facilities upgrades
The 2012 Canadian Federal Budget calls for the investment of Canadian $5.2 billion over the next 11 years on a cash basis for the procurement of new vessels and helicopters for the
Canada’s Vancouver Shipyards is to build six chip barges for parent company Seaspan Marine Corporation. The newbuild contract coincides with Vancouver Shipyard’s recent win of the C$8 billion National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy
Canada’s Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. reports two new construction contracts. The first project is to build a double hulled oil barge, followed immediately by three 1200 unit chip barges for Seaspan. Construction
