DECEMBER 21, 2012 — Lloyd’s Register has given approval in principle (AIP) to a new “Clean Sky” bulk carrier design featuring an LNG-as-fuel system. Chinese shipbuilder COSCO, Piraeus, Greece, headquartered shipowner Golden
OCTOBER 8, 2012 — With orders for large bulk carriers and the like few and far between, hungry Chinese shipyards are turning their attention to what once might have seemed safe niche
AUGUST 16, 2012 — Fednav Limited, Canada’s largest international bulk carrier operator, today announced it has ordered of six more new vessels to its fleet. The environmentally advanced vessels will be built
JULY 3, 2012 — Raisio, Finland, based Deltamarin has entered into a contract with China’s Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard Co. Ltd. for the design of B.Delta25 bulk carriers. This is the first contract
JUNE 27, 2012 — Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Dubai, UAE, headquarted Drydocks World is to also serve as the Chairman of the Board of DDW-PaxOcean Asia. The new entity is to
JULY 11, 2012 —Athens-headquarterd Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), reports that it has entered into a time charter contract with Cargill International S.A., Geneva, for one of its Panamax dry bulk carriers,
JUNE 5, 2012 — A new Handysize bulk carrier concept design – the Green Dolphin – uses existing technologies to meet owners’ needs for fuel efficiency and operational flexibility while also being
MAY 31, 2012 — Ship operator B+H Ocean Carriers Ltd. (OTC: BHODD.PK) has filed, along with several of its subsidiaries and related entities, for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
May 22, 2012 — Graig China Ltd (GCL), part of the Cardiff-based Graig Group, has been contracted by Hong Kong-based Global Union Shipping Limited to supervise the construction of ten 157,000 dwt
China’s Chengxi Shipyard is to build a series of Deltamarin designed B.Delta37 bulk carriers for the China Navigation Company. The new orders (four ships,plus options for up to six more) are the
