Busan: Full technical details reach us of the 9,600teu Xin Los Angeles, officially the world's largest containership, delivered late June by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). Built to Lloyd's Register class, the vessel is owned by China...
Singapore: Singapore's Keppel is claiming to be the first Asian yard to ever win ice breaker orders having snatched an order for a pair from Russia's Lukoil for $260m. Lukoil became Keppel's first Russian client last May with an...
Hanoi: State oil company Petrovietnam has signed a contract with shipbuilder Vinashin for three aframax tankers, becoming the second owner ever to order this ship type in the country, after Vietnam Ocean Shipping Company placed an order for a pair...
London: Two Asia-based shipping agents, Australia Sea Corporation Pty Ltd and Malaysia's HRC Shipping Sdn Bhd, are amongst five new members to join Multiport, the world's largest network of independent ship agents. In welcoming the new...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong-listed tanker owner Titan Oil has ordered up to ten 6,500dwt bunker barges at its 46.5%-owned yard in China, Titan Quanzhou. The double-hulled vessels - two firm orders, eight on option - are costing $8.67m each. [06/07/06]
London: Following a recent London arbitration award in a shipbuilding dispute between a Greek owner and Chinese yard, law firm Lawrence Graham has warned owners to be extra careful in their communication when contracting new ships.'In a hot...
Mumbai: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Samudera Shipping are upgrading their Karachi Express Service (KEX) for Pakistan, by adding a call to Pipavav, Mumbai. MOL operates two 850teu ships on the KEX service with Samudera supplying a third, similar sized...
Baku: Caspian Shipping Company (CSC) is moving ahead with plans to build Azerbaijan's first shipbuilding base, having secured a 20ha site in the capital Baku's Garadagh District. The new facility will be formed by the merger of four...