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Six Project 11356 frigates will be constructed for Russian Navy, reported Vzglyad referring to a source in Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad).

Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC) announced Monday it received a giant tanker from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. The tanker, named Al-Salmi, can carry up to 1.2 million barrels of oil, according to a press release issued by KOTC.

Pipavav Shipyard has launched two Panamax bulk carriers, each of 74,500 DWT for the Golden Ocean group client. Speaking at the launch ceremony, Mr Mohan Das secretary shipping said that it is the vision of the Government of India to have a mega shipyard each on the east coast and the west coast of the country and the same has been

Panama flagged Egyptian merchant ship MV Suez has started sinking about 80miles off Oman's southern port of Salalah. The Panama flagged Egyptian merchant ship MV Suez

Ship pilots in the lower Mississippi River continue to raise alarm about the buildup of sediment in this vital economic artery, pointing to the recent grounding of a tanker as a sign

The shipping industry has warned its customers that failure to comply with new EU regulations will mean fines and their cargo will not be loaded.The new regulations, requiring

The Bureau Veritas classed fleet grew strongly during 2011 and in June passed 80 m gt. Today, 9,663 sea-going vessels and 1,853 inland navigation ships are classed by Bureau Veritas.

On 20 June 2011, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) launched the latest edition of their annual publication, Benchmarking Bulk Carriers 2010-11.

How do you return a 400-tonne ship to Japan's waters, after it washed ashore in March's brutal tsunami? Using giant cranes that hoist it 30ft above the ground, lowering

Marine bearings that use seawater as lubrication rather than oil have earned a Burlington company a spot on the short list for an international environmental award.

After publication of a joint investigative report in The Jerusalem Post and the German business daily Handelsblatt late last month, French shipping giant CMA CGM S.A.

Ocean carrier named top Liner Owner/Operator, wins Environment Protection Award APL, the world’s seventh largest container shipping carrier, won the Liner

Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom said Monday that it hopes to clinch a multibillion dollar deal with China by year-end to become the largest supplier of natural

Rich enough to buy a Bentley on a whim or poor enough to be set back by a simple traffic fine, Americans are angry about gas prices. That anger has a long list of targets

Azerbaijan may turn to a liquefied natural gas project if proposed rates via the planned Nabucco pipeline and competing links to Europe are too expensive, ANS television reported.

Electric power producers will continue to switch from coal to natural gas, according to a recent analysis from energy investment firm Tudor Pickering Holt.

Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. yesterday announced the charter of the 105,000 dwt, DNA design Aframax tanker, Maria Princess, to a major Chinese oil concern for a twelve month period. This charter comes in line with the Company's pre-stated policy

Galvanic corrosion is an issue that has challenged U.S. warships since 1844, when the USS Michigan, the first iron-hulled Navy ship, entered service. Today, two common and robust solutions, impressed current cathodic protection systems and the use of strategically-placed sacrificial anodes, are in wide use throughout the world, particularly in ships where two different metals such as steel and aluminum are utilised in the one vessel.

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver ENSCO 8504, the fifth of seven ENSCO 8500 Series® ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs being built exclusively for Ensco plc .

The first container ship arrived at the Port of Charleston in 1966. It was carrying the equivalent of 600 20-foot-long steel boxes loaded with an assortment of goods.