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Construction Begins for Wärtsilä's Joint Venture Company's
Wärtsilä Yuchai Engine Co., Ltd, the joint venture owned 50/50 by Wärtsilä and Yuchai Marine Power Co. Ltd., has begun construction of its new production facilities with a groundbreaking ceremony in Zhuhai City…
People & Company News
St. Lawrence Seaway LNG Dual-fuel Ferries Ordered
Chantier Davie Canada contracted to build two dual-fuel Ro-Pax ferries for La Société des traversiers du Québec. The two dual-fuel LNG Ro-Pax ferries will operate on the St. Lawrence River on the…
Contracts
SFL Order Four 8,700 TEU Container Ships
Ship Finance International (SFI) has agreed to build four 8,700 TEU newbuilding container vessels at a major shipyard in Korea. The company says that the contract price is attractive and the vessels are scheduled to be…
Shipbuilding
MEPC Propose Delay 2016 Tier lll ECA Engine Standard
IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee's recent (MEPC), 65th session, agreed a draft amendment on implementation date for Tier III engines. MEPC considered and agreed to proposed draft amendments to MARPOL Annex…
Legal
China's Jinhai Heavy Gets Big Containership Orders
Norway's SinOceanic Shipping ASA facilitates newbuilding orders for 10 x 8,800 TEU containerships at Jinhai Heavy Industries. On behalf of foreign interests, SinOceanic Shipping ASA says it has entered into a contract…
Shipbuilding
China to Build 142 Ships for Greek Companies
Greek Shipping Minister Kostis Moussouroulis announced the orders for Chinese shipbuilders on his recent visit to Shanghai. The orders, which were signed in April, accounted for more than 60 percent of the recent global…
Shipbuilding
Dutch Shipbuilders Held Fast in Difficult 2012
The Holland Shipbuilding Association say that the various shipbuilding sectors presented a mixed picture in the past year, ship repair & supereyact construction did well, not so large new-buildings. New constructions of…
Shipbuilding
China Shipyard Contracted to Build LNG Carrier
COSCO Corporation (Singapore) subsidiary COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard secures the RMB 500-million contract. The order from an unnamed Chinese shipowner is to build a 28,000 cu.m capacity LNG carrier. The vessel is scheduled…
Shipbuilding
Maine Port Authority, McAllister Colloborate on "Containerized" ATB
Maine Port Authority selected McAllister as its partner for the design of a containerized articulated tug barge (ATB) for the New England Marine Highway Project, according to Buckley McAllister, President of McAllister…
Workboats
Ro-Ro Specific EEDI Approval Welcomed by Interferry
A sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ro-ro cargo & ro-pax vessels has been agreed by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee – MEPC 65. Formal approval was confirmed late on Friday (May…
Shipbuilding
