Widow of Bangladeshi ship-breaking worker free to sue UK-based firm

Jul 16 2020

A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died while dismantling an oil tanker at a ship-breaking yard in 2018 can file a negligence claim against a British company involved in the vessel’s sale.

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Tanker “Khoshbakht Yusifzade” launched on the Day of Oil Workers

(Sep 23 2021)

A new stage has begun in the construction of the “Academician Khoshbakht Yusifzade” oil tanker, which is being built at the Baku Shipyard LLC by order of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC (ASCO).

Bureau Veritas issues novel design approval for what will be the world’s largest VLGCS

(Sep 23 2021)

A new ‘Panda’ design is conceived at Jiangnan as the shipyard and BV cooperate on an enhanced and revolutionary design for 93,000 CBM Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCS).

ABS and DSME to develop very large liquefied CO2 carrier

(Sep 21 2021)

ABS and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) are to jointly develop designs for a 70,000 CBM very large, liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier.

Sovcomflot, NOVATEK and FESRC sign agreement to develop ship repair cluster in Russia’s Far East

(Sep 02 2021)

On 1 September 2021, PAO Sovcomflot, SMART LNG (a joint venture between PAO Sovcomflot and PAO NOVATEK) and Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center (FESRC, a subsidiary of Rosneft) entered into a trilateral agreement to cooperate on the devel...

China’s first 15,000 DWT shuttle oil tanker delivered to CNOOC

(Jul 16 2021)

First domestic made 15,000-ton shuttle oil tanker was delivered to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, CNOOC announced.