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With the Tamil Nadu cabinet clearing the project, Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) will move ahead to set up a Rs3,000 crore new shipyard-cum-port project at Kattupalli in Thiruvallur district of Tamil…

Mumbai-based Bharati Shipyard is all set to construct a greenfield modern shipyard at Usgaon near the Dabhol port in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district. The new yard would have the capacity to build vessels…

Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co. has signed a deal to build a $2 billion shipbuilding complex with the Phividec Industrial Authority, the state-run agency tasked to develop industrial sites.…

Hyproc Shipping Co., Algeria's state- owned shipping company, plans to buy enough tankers to carry half the nation's crude-oil production, Oil Minister Chakib Khelil said. Algeria, Africa's fourth-largest oil producer, owns one…

Another shipping line is looking at reducing sailing speeds as a way of cutting bunker consumption. Koji Miyahara, President of the Japanese NYK Group, has called for a ?rationalization? of Group policy.…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has received an order valued at 433 billion won ($464 million) from an Asian shipping company to build 10 chemical product tankers. The vessels will be delivered by April…

Ulstein Design has signed contracts with the Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Sevilla to deliver design and equipment packages for two Ulstein PX105 platform supply vessels. The ships will be built for the…

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), India?s largest liner shipping company, plans to start building ships and is currently in talks with private shipbuilders at home and abroad for a shipyard project…

Italy's deputy transport minister Cesare De Piccoli said the idea of a merger of Aker Yards ASA with Italy's state-owned shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA is gaining industry and political support. Aker Yards management…

South Korean shipbuilder C&Heavy Industries has won a 99.5 billion won ($106.2 million) order for two bulk ships from an unidentified European company. Both newbuildings are scheduled for delivery by September 2011.