Latest Commercial Shipbuilding Contracts

There has been a significant volume of shipbuilding business reported in the week according to Clarkson Hellas. Dry Bulk Carriers The dry bulk fleet has seen a number of new additions this week. It was reported that SWS…

Shipbuilding

Feel What it's Like to be a Shipbuilder on New Website

The National Archives Administration (NAA) of Taiwan launch a website featuring aspects of the country's shipbuilding history. Since 2004, the NAA has digitized the historical files of eight state-run enterprises that…

Shipbuilding

Navy Contracts for Two US Shipyards

Latest US Dept of Defense Contracts include awards to Colonna's Shipyard Inc. & East Coast Repair and Fabrication L.L.C. Firstly, Colonna's Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $17,942,143 fixed-price contract…

Contracts

SKH Product Counterfeiter Sentenced

Swedish court rules for criminal conviction in SKF counterfeit court case. A Swedish court has sentenced one person to a one-year jail term and a five-year ban from trade, and awarded damages to SKF, after finding him…

Legal

Hydrex Darkest Africa Bow Thruster Repair

A Hydrex diver/technician team flew to Pointe-Noire, Congo to replace the stainless steel belt in a research ship's thruster tunnels. The stainless steel belt is installed around the perimeter of a thruster tunnel at the…

Contracts

Wärtsilä 2012 Profits Stay Healthy

Björn Rosengren President & CEO of Wärtsilä delivers his year 2012 financial results message to shareholders. Extracts from the message follow: "During 2012, we closed our largest ever acquisition with the purchase of…

People & Company News

Chinese Shipyard Delivers Another Bulk Carrier

COSCO Corporation (Singapore) subsidiary COSCO Zhoushan shipyard delivers its latest bulk carrier. The 57,000 dwt Handy-size class bulk carrier is named Ocean Beauty and is for a European buyer. The new ship is of 189.99…

Shipbuilding

CAT, FPT Develop Supercharged Diesel Engine

Cat C12.9 Designed to Deliver Performance in a Compact Package With the specter of increased fuel prices and stringent emissions regulations on the horizon, Caterpillar has joined forces with Fiat Powertrain Technologies…