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The Greek shipbuilder Hellenic Shipyards SA, a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp group, has won its first export shipbuilding order in 20 years. The contact is for a jack-up platform or barge…

The fourth double-hulled tanker in Aker Philadelphia Shipyard?s current build program was recently floated off its blocks in the yard?s 1,300 foot long building dock and transferred to the adjacent outfitting dock.…

Austal has signed a contract for four additional 47.5 metre passenger catamarans with Cotai WaterJets (Macao) Ltd, adding to the initial ten-vessel contract signed in 2006 by sister company Venetian Marketing Services…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) plans to deliver 25% more vessels this year as it increases production to work through almost four years worth of orders. The company delivered 11 vessels in January,…

In an attempt to tap increasing demand for ship engines, India?s largest shipping firm, the state-owned Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI), is joining hands with a few government-run ports to enter…

Samsung Heavy Industries is reportedly nearing a deal valued at $1.32 billion to build two drill ships. The Korean shipbuilder indicated that the contract will be made later in the day with…

Henderson-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine in Western Australia will open its first shipyard in the Americas later this year following a successful joint venture bid with Servicios Navales E Industriales S.A. DE C.V.…

South Korea?s largest construction company, Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) has clinched a $443-million contract to build a shipyard in Oman jointly with an Oman-based builder. The ship repair yard is…

American Commercial Lines (ACL), an integrated marine transportation and services company, has entered into a six-year, $100 million, multi-vessel contract with a major customer, to build both liquid and dry cargo barges.…

Mumbai-based Varun Shipping Co Ltd plans to spend $400 million during 2008 to expand its fleet, with focus on the offshore sector as well as tankers and gas carriers, according to a…