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The Havyard Group, Norway, has signed a contract with Smart Shipinvest to build a Havyard 848 SMART AHTS with an option for one additional vessel. The first vessel will be delivered in…

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo International said that it would participate in the bid to build two diesel-powered submarines for the Indonesian Navy. Daewoo said it would submit specifications to supply two 1,400-tonne…

The US Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Freedom (LCS 1), successfully conducted its second and final round of acceptance trials last month. The 378-foot Freedom, designed and built by a…

Germany?s largest shipbuilding group, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, part of steel giant ThyssenKrupp, is axing 450 jobs at its facilities in Kiel and Emden. A TKMS spokesperson confirmed that the group wants to…

German shipbuilding group Hegemann has applied for state guarantees of Euro 9m ($12.6m) to secure the financing of an order. A spokesman for the finance ministry of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said that the…

Croatian shipyard Brodosplit has won another newbuilding order from French ferry operator CMN for a fruit-juice carrier. Last year, the yard secured a contract for a ro-pax from the same owner. No…

Tsuji Heavy Industries, now under corporate rehabilitation procedures, will transfer its marine equipment business to a company newly established by Oshima Shipbuilding, effective on 1 July. Oshima has set up a 100%-invested…

Wärtsilä has introduced a new, comprehensive package of services, designed to cost efficiently manage hot and cold vessel lay-ups. Reduced transportation demand, over-capacity, and low freight and charter rates have become a…

South Korea's first icebreaking research vessel ?Araon' has recently been launched at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction shipyard in Busan City. The research vessel is expected to be used for the exploration…

Germany's Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land is to enter the deepwater oil and gas construction market after signing a deal with Norway's Bergen Group for a new ship. SAL intends to order an advanced…