Equipment
Wartsila clinches gas engine for STX
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract by shipbuilding company STX Finland Oy to supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built for Viking Line, a Finnish ship owner. The vessel will be the largest passenger ferry t...
2011-03-04 07:28:43
Universal-IHIMU eye bigger merger
Japanese shipbuilders Universal Shipbuilding and IHI Marine United have opened the door for more partners to join their effort to create a Japanese shipbuilding giant. The two yards have been in merger talks for three years and now Universal boss...
2011-03-04 07:04:10
Automobile-engines work for ships
Lee Chang-hee, head researcher of the comprehensive institute of technology of Korea's STX Group, is developing eco-friendly ship-engines with changing his way of thinking that automobile-engines can be applied to ships. As he finds out no differ...
2011-03-03 11:38:04
Price nego btwn Korea & Japan
While Korean shipbuilders and Japanese steel producers are staying in a bitter tug-of-war over the negotiation of steel prices, the results of the negotiation seems to have a great influence on the size and time of the price increase of Korean steel...
2011-03-03 10:32:56
TTS wins PCTC Ro/Ro equip orders
Sweden's TTS Marine AB has won two contracts to supply RO/RO equipment to four car carriers. The first contract is with Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery of cargo access equipment to two newbuildings, hull no 2399 and 2400. The vessels are 6,5...
2011-03-03 08:22:22
DNV issues ISDS class notation
DNV will shortly issue the first ISDS (Integrated Software Dependent Systems) class certificate to Dolphin Drilling. This new state-of-the art class notation has been under development since 2008 and is already in great demand. Several major rig ...
2011-03-03 06:31:55
Petrobras installs third LNG terminal
Brazil's state-run energy giant Petrobras said Monday that it will install a third LNG terminal in Bahia. President Dilma Rousseff will announce the plan on Tuesday during an event, with Petrobras signing a protocol of intentions with Bahia state ...
2011-03-02 06:49:08
Japanese offer plate price beyond $1,000
Japan's steelmakers are expected to offer prices beyond USD 1,000 per tonne FOB when they start negotiations this week on their export deals of ship plates for shipments to South Korea in the April to June 2011 quarter, TEX reported. If the offer...
2011-03-01 07:58:32
Vinashin steel project cancelled
Vietnamese government has cancelled plans for a $9.8bn Ca Na steel plant that is a joint venture between state-owned shipbuilder Vinashin and Malaysia’s Lion Group. The shipbuilder is saddled with a $4.5bn debt as a result of ineffective invest...
2011-03-01 07:18:53
Orders to double for Doosan
Korea’s Doosan Engine said new orders may double this year as owners start ordering newbuildings again. The world’s second-largest ship engine maker said fresh contracts may climb to KRW 1.8trn ($1.6bn) in 2011, from KRW 890bn last year. ...
2011-03-01 07:08:07
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