Equipment
Acute confrontation: S&M yards & subcontractors
As the recession of the shipbuilding business has been dragging out for too long, conflicts between small- and medium-sized shipbuilders and their subcontractors are getting intensified. Some subcontractors of a certain shipyard in Tongyeong, Gye...
2010-12-08 08:29:55
Rolls-Royce wins PSV propulsion deal
Power systems giant Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to equip four platform supply vessel (PSVs) newbuildings controlled by Tidewater. The contract, which is valued at EUR 20m ($26.5m), is tied to propulsion systems and deck machinery. “The s...
2010-12-08 07:08:19
JFE to hike steel prices by 8%
Japan's JFE Steel is to raise domestic steel prices for January-March period 2011 by JPY 3,000-5,000 per ton from the prices of July-September period 2010. It also aims to hike export steel prices by $50-100 per ton. It is against the backdrop ...
2010-12-07 09:35:36
Wärtsilä & MAN continue HERCULES
Two world-leading European marine engine manufacturers, MAN Diesel & Turbo and Wärtsilä Corporation, have agreed to pursue a large joint research project, the HERCULES-C project, as a continuation of the very successful HERCULES programmes ...
2010-12-07 08:45:10
KR and KCL sign MOU
Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) revealed last Friday it signed a MOU (memorandum of understanding) with Korea Register of Shipping (KR) in the KR's headquarters in Daejeon, Korea to develop the part materials, machinery and related technologies o...
2010-12-07 08:16:53
'INMEX CHINA 2010' this week
Billed as the largest and most definitive - international maritime expo in South China’s Pearl River Delta Region, INMEX China 2010 will welcome the maritime community from 8 to 10 December 2010 at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Gua...
2010-12-06 07:23:09
Busan holds 'export skull session'
An export skull session to invite foreign buyers was held by Korea's Small & Medium Business Corporation (SBC) Busan branch, the City of Busan and Busan Marine Equipment Association in Grand Hotel in Busan Haeundae on December 2nd. The export skull s...
2010-12-03 08:52:42
Design firm Bestway enters newbuilding
A Shenzhen-listed Chinese ship design company is moving into shipbuilding. Shanghai Bestway Marine has announced that its subsidiary Bestway Technology has bagged a contract for RMB119m to design and construct a pair of 6,000 hp multi-purpose off...
2010-12-03 07:28:09
Big 4 Eye 'Shared Growth'
Korea's big four shipbuilders - Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding - are getting warmed into growing together with their shipbuilding partners by creating a bus...
2010-12-02 08:17:58
Wärtsilä offers dual fuel solution
Wärtsilä is cooperating with Ship Architects, Inc., Daphne, Ala., to bring natural gas fueled propulsion to America's waterways. The companies have together developed a new concept of towboat design that employs Wärtsilä 20DF ...
2010-12-02 07:55:57
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