Equipment
MAN switches propellers for fuel efficiency
MAN Diesel, one of the world’s leading diesel engine manufacturers, recently announced that it has switched propellers of Scandlines’s two ferries which are plying in some countries like Sweden and Germany, and thus enhanced the fuel efficiency o...
2010-01-19 06:44:36
Korean suppliers advance abroad
Member companies of Busan Marine Equipment Association (BMEA) are trying hard to get out of the recession by exploiting overseas markets. Between January 11th and 15th, BMEA dispatched a group of delegates to Haiphong, Vietnam, in a bid to cultiv...
2010-01-18 13:38:43
Marine robot center opening
A marine robot center has opened Thursday in Busan city, South Korea to invigorate the ocean robot industry and commercialize robot parts and equipments industry. Busan inaugurated the center on January 14th while the opening ceremony was held a...
2010-01-15 06:15:26
China's iron ore imports jump
China's iron ore imports grew solidly by 41.6% in 2009 from 2008 to reach an all-time high of 627.78 million tons, according to an announcement made recently by China's General Administration of Customs. While iron ore imports by Japan and Europe...
2010-01-14 07:30:53
Dongkuk heat treatment furnace into ‘Hot Run’
Dongkuk Steel took its first step to produce high value-added steel plates by conducting heating furnace test run at its Dangjin mill. Its phase-one normalizing heating process trial production was also conducted successfully. Dongkuk Steel is acc...
2010-01-14 06:44:21
Hamworthy bags UASC order
Dubai-based shipowner United Arab Chemical Carriers, the petrochemicals arm of UASC, has signed a contract to install Hamworthy Moss nitrogen generator technology on board ten ships under construction in South Korea. The ten 45,000d-wt IMO type 2 pro...
2010-01-12 07:40:26
Beluga Hochtief mulls orders in Germany
Hochtief Construction confirms that it and its shipowner partner Beluga intend to throw a lifeline to Germany's hard-pressed shipbuilding industry. Sonja Waldeuer said Essen-based Hochtief's joint venture with Bremen-based Beluga aims to order fou...
2010-01-11 07:20:01
China’s deepest dock completed
The construction of BOHI NO.2 has been recently completed by CCCC First Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. The dock is located in Huludao City, Liaoning Province, with 623m in LOA, 72m in breadth, and 21m in depth. It covers an area of four standard...
2010-01-06 13:23:51
Good start "Dry bulk"
Demand from China will ensure the dry bulk market has a healthy start to 2010, analysts claim. Steel mills in the world’s industrial powerhouse are expected to launch another round of stockpiling, the boss of the Asian wing of Drewry Maritime S...
2010-01-06 06:33:02
Samkang inks $3.5m pipe orders
South Korea’s Samkang M&T clinched its first order in 2010. The shipbuilding steel pipe manufacturer said Tuesday that it has signed a $3.495m contract with UAE’s National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) to supply steel pipes for offshor...
2010-01-05 16:01:50
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