Shiplands News RSS http://www.shiplands.com/ Shiplands Web is one of the comprehensive independent ship brokers, ship management and related marine services to the shipping industries. shipland, ship, services Shiplands.com info@shiplands.com GL signs Multi-Purpose-Vessels in Bangladesh http://www.gl-group.com/presse/12019.htm Hamburg, 26 September 2008 – Two 7,250 dwt multi-purpose-vessels are the latest addition to the orderbook of classification society Germanischer Lloyd. Shiplands.com General Wärtsilä-Hyundai joint venture acquires major order – 16 dual fuel engines for four ships http://www.wartsila.com/,en,press,0,pressrelease,740CCE4F-A3B0-4FF8-A653-33FA8211176F,3D6B9310-57BF-41D7-A42B-E61B9320608D,,.htm Wärtsilä-Hyundai Engine Company Ltd., the new joint venture between Wärtsilä and Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, has received a major order. Shiplands.com General Austal USA Launch 113 Metre Advanced High Speed Catamaran http://www.austal.com/index.cfm?objectid=B0D00508-65BF-EBC1-2B3A8595BEFE1C4C The second of two high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans for Hawaii Superferry has been launched at Austal USA – further strengthening the shipyard’s experience in advanced aluminium vessels over 100 metres in length. Shiplands.com General Oil Rises More Than $3, Most in a Month, on U.S. Jobs Report http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=aEaVS8_UTnGs&refer=energy Crude oil rose more than $3 a barrel in New York, the most in month, after a report showed that the U.S. lost fewer jobs Shiplands.com General Daewoo, Galfar win $442 mln Oman port deal http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL2942602420080429 Oman has awarded Daewoo Shipbuilding and local firm Galfar GECS.OM a construction contract worth 170.2 million rials Shiplands.com General Iran Doubles Oil Stored in Tankers, Bolstering Rates http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=a52hPWks6OO8&refer=energy Iran, OPEC's second-largest oil producer, more than doubled the amount stored in tankers idling in the Persian Gulf, sending ship prices higher as demand for some of its crude fell, people familiar with the situation said. Shiplands.com General Bulk of cargo now bound for Asia http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/11/20/global_cargo The amount of cargo being moved on ships is up nearly 150 percent over last year. China and India are buying up boatloads of food ... Shiplands.com General TOP Tankers Reports Third Quarter and the Nine-Month Period of 2007 Financial Results http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=181651&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1074703&highlight= ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TOP Tankers Inc. (Nasdaq: TOPT) today announced its operating results for the third quarter and the nine-month period of 2007. Shiplands.com General Dubai Drydocks Offers To Buy Singapore Company For S$2.37 Bln http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=293077 DUBAI, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- Dubai Drydocks World, a maritime holding company, is making a voluntary conditional cash offer to acquire Singapore's Labroy Marine Ltd for S$2.37 billion. Shiplands.com General Aker Yards books $291.5 million AHTS order http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2007aug00311.html Aker Yards is to build two 350 t bollard pull AH 12 design anchor handling tug supply vessels for deliveries in 2010 and 2011 Shiplands.com General