TUI Cruises, which is a joint venture between the German tour operating company TUI and Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd (RCCL), which is the world's second largest cruise shipping company, says it has ...
TUI Cruises orders two more ships at Meyer Turku
Boskalis wins EUR35 million Portsmouth dredging contract
Dutch dredging major Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) of the UK Ministry of Defence for capital dredging of the approach ...
Exmar, Flex, and Geveran merge LNG interests
Exmar, the listed Belgian gas carrier company and Geveran, a company controlled by John Fredriksen, plus Flex LNG, an Oslo listed company in which Geveran has a 82% stake, have decided to merge their ...
Yangtze River estuary deepwater channel to be extended
China's Ministry of Transport on 28 June announced phase II of the Yangtze River estuary deepwater channel extension project. With total investment of CNY7.3 billion (USD1.18 billion), the project, as ...
MOL methanol carriers to be dual-fuelled
Two methanol carriers that Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is building will be fitted with the world's first dual-fuel engines that run on methanol and diesel. The 50,000 dwt tankers, under construction at ...
Uni-Asia buys $18.1m box ship
Singapore-listed ship-chartering company Uni-Asia Holdings has acquired a new vessel for approximately USD18.1 million. According to the company's filing to the Singapore Exchange, the 3,500 teu ...
South Korea’s Daebo ‘too valuable for liquidation’
Troubled South Korean shipping company Daebo International Shipping's worth as a continuing enterprise exceeded its liquidation value by KRW29 billion (USD25.9 million). During a hearing on 30 June, ...
CCCC Dredging to apply for IPO
CCCC Dredging (Group) is planning to apply for an initial public offering (IPO) at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to a stock filing of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). The ...
SHI snares Shell FLNG trio
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won three more orders for floating LNG vessels from Royal Dutch Shell, four years after it clinched the deal for the world's first FLNG vessel from the same ...
Evergreen to replace older vessel in Asia Pacific–South America service
Taiwanese carrier Evergreen announced on 30 June that it will replace an older L-type vessel in its Asia Pacific-South America service with a new unit. Taiwan's CSBC Corporation (CSBC)-built Ever ...