24 November 2011
Japanese export ship orders up 26.5% in October
Japanese export ship orders increased by 26.5% year-on-year to 854,570t in October 2011, according to the Japan Ship Exporters' Association.
Japanese export ship orders increased by 26.5% year-on-year to 854,570t in October 2011, according to the Japan Ship Exporters' Association.
North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP), which is managing the $6bn expansion of Abbot point coal port in Australia, is considering adding two more terminals to the port to increase coal...
The Government of Australia has hiked maximum fines for ships that spill oil from A$1m to A$11m (US$11m) after a Chinese coal carrier grounded on the Great Barrier Reef.
The Port of Antwerp in Belgium has started construction of a €340m ($458m) second lock in Waaslandhaven on the left bank of Scheldt River.
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has started construction of the fifth Royal Dock, which will be the world's largest floating dock.
Hamworthy has received contracts to install its inert gas systems on 21 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, under construction in South Korea, for Norwegian owners Golar, AWILCO and Höegh LNG,...
Caterpillar has launched a new C175-16 marine propulsion engine, the latest in the company's line of high-performance engines designed to meet EPA Tier 3 and IMO Tier II emissions requirements.
STX OSV Holdings has received a $536m contract from Petrobras Transportes, a unit of Brazilian energy firm Petroleo Brasileiro, to build eight liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers.
Singapore-based Keppel Singmarine has received two newbuild contracts worth S$47m (US$36.32m) in Indonesia, which comprise a coal transshipment barge for Indonesia’s Indo Straits and three tugs for an unnamed Indonesian...
South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has won an order from an unnamed European shipping firm to build six container ships.