GANDHINAGAR : In a significant move to secure India’s energy supply chain, a consortium led by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has signed shipbuilding contracts for two Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLECs).
SEOUL : Samsung Heavy Industries Co., one of South Korea’s top three shipbuilders, has secured a landmark order for seven container carriers worth nearly 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion), giving the yard one of
TOKYO: ClassNK has issued a Technology Qualification (TQ)*1 for ‘SAS-IBS’, one of the components of the ‘Samsung Autonomous Navigation Assistance System (SAS)’*2 developed by Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., and a certificate handover ceremony was held
MILAN: Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its new Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) design, SnapWind Float. Announced this week at Gastech 2025 in Milan,
LONDON: Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the design of a 174,000m³ LNG carrier equipped with Wind Challenger, an innovative wind-assisted propulsion system (WAPS) developed
BUSAN : KR (Korean Register) has officially launched a joint working group to establish international standards for the safe discharge of toxic ammonia effluent generated from ammonia-fueled ships. The initiative brings together Korean major
OSLO : KR (Korean Register) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) on June 4 at Nor-Shipping 2025 in Oslo to jointly develop a 174,000㎥ LNG carrier featuring three cargo
SINGAPORE : Wan Hai Lines has held a ship naming ceremony for the Wan Hai A18 alongside a charity event at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje Shipyard. Yung-Chen Huang, President of Mega International Commercial Bank, led
SEOUL : An Indian delegation led by Secretary T.K. Ramachandran of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways visited South Korea’s major shipyards earlier this month, in an apparent move to seek cooperation in
HOUSTON : At GASTECH 2024, KR (Korean Register) announced that it has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for their “9,300 TEU Ammonia-Fueled Container Ship”. As the global maritime