October 27, 2006

Mumbai: State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) announces it has ordered six LR-1 product tankers of 60,000dwt from Korea-based STX Shipbuilding in a deal worth ... [full story]

Shanghai: Dr Volkmar Wasmandorff has succeeded Hergen Thielemann as Germanischer Lloyd's new vice president Division East Asia. A mechanical and process engineer by training, Wasmandorff ... [full story]

Dubai: What is now the world's largest pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), the 7,920-unit Asian Empire belonging to Eukor Car Carriers of Korea, has ... [full story]

Tokyo: "K" Line has taken delivery of the 8,212teu newbuilding Humber Bridge from the Kure Shipyard of IHI Marine United Inc, the largest containership ever ... [full story]

London: Lloyd’s Register has announced strong results for the year to end-June, with a 14% rise in group income to £425m, attributed largely to a ... [full story]