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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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
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
Austal lays keel for LCS 8
JUNE 26, 2013 — Austal yesterday held a keel-laying ceremony for the fourth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Montgomery (LCS 8), at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard. The ship is the second LCS
Student project generates new Arctic vessel design
JUNE 26, 2013 — Five maritime engineering bachelor students at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands) finished their minor in Arctic Engineering last February. Now, in cooperation with Damen Shipyards
Canada to build 18-21 smaller Coast Guard vessels
JUNE 26, 2013 — Canadian defense minister Peter MacKay has announced that the Canadian government is to provide funding of up to Canadian $488 million to procure 18-21 new vessels for the
NNS wins award for cardboard and duct tape boat
JUNE 25, 2013 — Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has added to its trophies by building a vessel made of cardboard instead of steel. NNS, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), competed
Atwood orders fourth drillship at DSME
JUNE 25, 2013 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE:ATW) reports that a subsidiary has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. to construct a fourth ultra-deepwater
Grandweld wins contract for four 42 m crewboats
JUNE 24, 2013 — Dubai, United Arab Emirates, based Grandweld Shipyards, has won a contract worth over $21 million from Mexico’s COTEMAR, S.A. de C.V. to design and build four 42 m