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
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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
Ferry’s new owner to convert it to oceangoing barge
JUNE 26, 2013 — A mothballed Delaware River & Bay Authority ferry has finally been sold after being on the market since 2007. Its new owner plans to turn it into an
Nobu Su welcomes U.S. bankruptcy court ruling
JUNE 26, 2013 — A judge in a U.S. Court has ruled that banks in Taiwan seeking to put pressure on shipowner Nobu Su’s TMT must allow cash to be used to
ISO works on hull and propeller performance standard
JUNE 20, 2013 — The International Standards Organization is to establish an expert group to start work on a common industry standard for measurement of changes in hull and propeller performance. The
Wärtsilä solution picked for Harvey Gulf MPSVs
JUNE 18, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply an integrated solution for the first of the three Multipurpose Support Vessels (MPSV) it
Maersk names first Triple-E containership
JUNE 14, 2013 — Maersk Line’s newest containership, the first of the Triple-E series, was named this morning in a ceremony at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo,
U.S. back on Paris MOU “White List”
JUNE 13, 2013 — The U.S. is back on the “White List” of quality flags maintained by the Paris MOU, which coordinates the port state control inspection efforts of 27 countries. The
Cargill charters new product tanker from Ardmore Shipping
June 11, 2013—Ardmore Shipping Limited, Cork, Ireland, has taken delivery of the 49,999 dwt Ardmore Seaventure, the second in a series of four product and chemical tankers from Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding. The
Harvey Gulf moves ahead on LNG fueling facility
JUNE 10, 2013 — Harvey Gulf International CEO Shane J. Guidry said today that the company has secured plans to construct and operate the first LNG marine fueling facility in the U.S.