An amended implementation scheme for ships to comply with the D-2 biological standard under the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) was tentatively accepted at the 71st session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71), American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) informed.

Shipbuilding (Holdings) has bagged six effective orders in the second quarter of 2017 totaling in USD 133 million, the company said in a stock exchange filing on Monday.

Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) wholly-owned subsidiary, hosted a naming ceremony on July 2 for the world’s first converted Floating Liquefaction Vessel (FLNGV) owned by Golar Hilli Corporation (Golar), a subsidiary of Golar LNG.

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC), a part of the Dutch Damen Shipyards Group, has finalized the acquisition of the Keppel Verolme shipyard from Keppel Offshore & Marine.

Zentech and Renewables Resources International (RRI) revealed plans to build the first Jones Act compliant, four-legged, self-propelled dynamically positioned level 2 (DP2) jack-up vessel based on a US-built barge.

Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has named Stena Impeccable, the tenth of thirteen IMOIIMAX tanker newbuildings.

Nine very large crude carriers (VLCCs), acquired from the BW Group Limited, have been delivered to crude oil tanker company DHT Holdings.

Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has reached an agreement with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) to jointly develop next-generation vessel monitoring and support systems for practical applications and commercialization.

Vard laid the keel for Hanseatic Nature, the first of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ two new expedition ships, at its yard in Tulcea, Romania on 20 June 2017. Hanseatic Nature‘s keel consists of two 33-ton steel blocks, each one 9 metres long, 11 metres wide and 1.5 metres high. During the ceremony, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ CEO Karl J. Pojer placed a commemorative stone inside the steel block to bring luck to the new vessel.

Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish on Wednesday raised the Egyptian flag on the largest multi-purpose supply vessel in the Middle East, which is made in China.