DECEMBER 14, 2012 — After a190-meter bulker suffered severe collision damage in Lagos, Nigeria, a large hole in the hull plating prevented the ship from sailing at full speed. The classification society
DECEMBER 4, 2012 — Singapore-based Basic Offshore has placed an order with China Guangzhou-Huangpu Shipbuilding for two 84.5 m x 17.6 m platform supply vessels plus options for six more. The 4,200
NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — Bureau Veritas has classed the 16,000 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo, currently the largest containership in the world. Built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Philippe Donche-Gay has been appointed Executive Vice-President in charge of the Marine & Offshore Division of classification society Bureau Veritas. This follows the merging of BV’s marine and
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — Commissioned earlier this year, the CCGS Vladykov is the first of three new Near-Shore Fisheries Research Vessels to be delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel was
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 — An LNG-fueled inland waterways vessel with an air-lubricated hull is at the heart of a new concept being put forward by two Netherlands companies: Bodewes Binnenvaart B.V., Damen
JULY 18, 2012 — Last week, U.S. based lobbying group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on Tokyo, Japan, headquartered classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), to close its Tehran office and
JULY 6, 2012 — While both Germanischer Lloyd and Bureau Veritas have heeded calls to join other classification societies in denying services to sanctioned Iranian shipping companies IRISL and NITC and their
JUNE 26, 2012 — A 41 m high speed Austal aluminum passenger catamaran ferry, Vale Grand Sud, is now in operation in New Caledonia for mining company Vale Nouvelle-Calédonie. The vessel is
JUNE 14, 2012 — United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is calling on Hamburg headquartered classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to stop certifying Iranian shipping vessels, specifically those of the Islamic Republic of
