EMC, OOCL and YML to Launch THX Service
Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd (EMC), Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd (OOCL) and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp (YML), announced that they will jointly operate…
2006 Ship Production Symposium Call for Papers
1. Published paper with a presentation at the conference. 2. Presentation (PowerPoint) at the conference (no paper prepared for publication). The goal for the SPS…
DP World Exec Withdraws Nomination
Reports indicate that an executive with a Dubai-owned company withdrew his nomination as head of the agency that oversees ports in a letter to President Bush on Monday. David C.
GE Shipping Acquires OSV
According to source, the Great Eastern Shipping Company on Monday took delivery of a newly built OSV named `Malaviya Twenty Five' from Bharati Shipyard Ltd. With this…
Schat-Harding Delivers First Chinese Patrol Boat
Schat-Harding has expanded production at its Chinese plant to build the first of a series of new design high-speed patrol boats. The first 10 metre UP1000 patrol…
EC Clears Shipyard Acquisition
The European Commission (EC) has cleared the proposed acquisition of the French shipyard Chantiers de l’Atlantique by Aker yards ASA. The main impact of the proposed…
COSCO Singapore Sells Four Vessels For $34M
COSCO Corp. (Singapore) Ltd. has sold four of its older vessels for $34 million as part of an ongoing fleet renewal exercise and will realize a profit of about $14.2 million from the sale…
Canadian Coast Guard Vessel to Undergo Refit
The Canadian Coast Guard heavy icebreaker, Louis St. Laurent, will spend the next several weeks at the Halifax Shipyard undergoing refit before launching its summer program.
Schat-Harding Delivers Chinese Patrol Boat
Schat-Harding has expanded production at its Chinese plant to build the first of a series of new design high-speed patrol boats. The first 10 m UP1000 patrol boat…
Keppel Wins $184m Rig Order from India
Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS) has secured a second order for a KFELS B Class jackup rig valued at $184 million from Jindal Group based in India. The agreement is…
BP Selects Telenor for Global Communications
Telenor Satellite Services signed a three-year communications agreement with British Petroleum (BP) for global broadband services over satellite. The two-part agreement…
Sunken BC Ferry May Soon be Found
British Columbia Ferries could get a first glimpse of its sunken vessel Queen of the North this weekend. Nuytco Research Ltd. has been hired by the ferry operator…
Shetland to Cut Ferry Costs
Shetland Islands Council may set up an arms length company to run its inter island ferries in a bid to stave off potential competition on the route, while saving…
B.C. Approves New Ferries
The B.C. government treasury board approved funding for three replacement ferries on its north coast routes on March 22, the same day Premier Gordon Campbell flew…
Japan, S. Korea Ships Troubled by Whales
High-speed ships connecting the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka and the South Korean city of Busan are having trouble with increasing collisions with whales near Tsushima Strait.
UK’s North Sea Faces Rig Shortage
The government is putting together an action plan to solve a rig shortage crisis in the North Sea, but experts claim that no new rigs are available for hire until the end of 2007…
Cruise Ship Remains Stuck on Bar near Washougal
The Empress of the North lost a lot of weight on March 25, but the stubborn sternwheeler refused to budge from her perch on a Columbia River sandbar. Rescuers had…
Chevron: Relations CNOOC 'Normalizing'
Relations between Chevron and China's dominant offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC are 'normalizing' seven months after CNOOC bowed to U.S. political opposition…
Mini-submarine to Seek Sunken B.C Ferry
Officials prepared a mini-submarine on March 25 that will be used to inspect the wreck of the Queen of the North as the search continues for two people missing since the ferry sank.
Sea Containers to Quit Ferry Business
Sea Containers Ltd. said it would withdraw from the ferry business, and it now expects to take $500 million in charges for the fourth quarter, sending its shares down 9 percent.
