Connecticut-based liquefied petroleum gas shipping company Dorian LPG took delivery of its sixteenth newbuilt ECO very large gas carrier (VLGC) Chaparral from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries on November 20th, 2015.
South Korean shipbuilder STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is planning to cut 800 jobs and focus entirely on the construction of tankers in an attempt to recover from financial troubles, the Korea Herald reports.
Arabian Gulf ship operator Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has named two of its new product and chemical tankers – the Muscat Silver and Rustaq Silver – at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea.
Shanghai-listed China Merchants Energy Shipping, a subsidiary of China Merchants Group, has issued a stock filing saying that its board approved a plan to order ten very large ore carriers (VLOC) as part of a charter deal with Brazil’s mining giant Vale.
Magnetic compass is an instrument uses a magnetic needle pointing to magnetic interaction energy in the Earth's magnetic north point (south) pole of principle made.
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Marine valve is widely used in marine pipe system. According to the medium, the temperature, the material can be cast iron, cast steel, bronze, brass, stainless steel… etc.
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