Hyundai Heavy Awarded $750M Order
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has received a $760 m order from Exxon Mobil Corp. to assemble an offshore facility that can extract, refine and store crude oil. Hyundai…
Tanker Hits Sunken Ship
In what would on first appearance be a stupid New Year joke is indeed reality. A tanker carrying 70,000 tons of flammable kerosene, travelling in one of the world’s busiest waterways…
Coast Guard Recovers Person from Search Area
A Coast Guard helicopter crew located and recovered a person from the water in the search area of the sunken tug Primo Brusco 27 nautical miles northwest off Florence, Ore.
Review of Norfolk Ship Jumping Incident
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report entitled A Review of the Norfolk Ship Jumping Incident
CLIA: Cruise Fleet Growth Continues
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) -- the organization tasked with helping the world's cruise lines promote their ships -- reported cruise shipping fleet growth in 2002/03.
Offshore Boom in 2003?
With 2002 happily in the rearview mirror, many signs point to a far more lucrative times for the ship and boatbuilding industries of the world, with a surge in offshore business leading the way.
SHI Wins Three New Contracts
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries reportedly has won three contracts totaling $580 million. One LNG Carrier for Ras Laffan LNG Transport Ltd. Five Containerships for Seaspan Container Lines Ltd.
Hyundai Win Lucrative New Contracts
Hyundai Heavy Ind. has started the new year right, reportedly winning new contracts for the offshore market. HHI is said to have snagged a $750 million contract…
Former Flender Employees Start Consultancy
Two former employees of Flender Werft, the Naval Architects Stefan Schwehm and Daniel Winters, have opened the new year with a new engineering company ORBIS MARINE CONSULT, in Lübeck, Germany.
