The first Business Offshore Conference 2011 in Hamburg was a big success. Held on December 8th and 9th at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg under the auspices of the DVV Media Group’s maritime magazines Ship&Offshore and...more

The joint venture between Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) and Italy’s Saipem, which will design offshore platforms and pipelines, will be based at Russia’s Baltic Shipyard, USC President Mr Roman Trocenko said. more

A keel-laying ceremony, recently held at the Arctec Helsinki Shipyard, started the hull assembly of two multi-functional icebreaking supply vessel, ordered by the Russian shipping company Sovcomflot.more

OceanSaver announced its next-generation ballast water treatment (BWT) technology Mark II has now been type-approved by the classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV). more

South Korean shipyards plan to buy 12 percent less steel plate this year as shipbuilding orders decline. more

STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard recently delivered a car-passenger ferry, the “Spirit of France”, to P&O Ferries. more

The international oilfield services company Expro has recently secured a multi-million pound contract with global oil and gas company Maersk Oil.more

The classification society Bureau Veritas has given approval in principle for the basic design of a 14,000 TEU containership, powered by LNG. more