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W?¤rtsil?¤ and V.Ships have agreed to cooperate on the provision of a broad spectrum of marine technical services to third parties in the marine market. Drawing on W?¤rtsil?¤'s strengths as a supplier…

The Chinese shipyard of Yantai Raffles recently installed the world???s largest crane, called ???Taisun???, capable of lifting 20,000 tonnes and currently undergoing testing and commissioning. Brian Chang, chairman of Yantai Raffles Shipyard,…

After building a $720 million shipyard in Subic, Korean industrial giant Hanjin Heavy Industries Co. is planning to expand its shipbuilding business in the Philippines with another large shipyard. Hanjin has already…

The third product tanker built by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard in the US was recently delivered marking the first time in the yard???s history that three vessels were completed in the same year.…

The Spanish engineering and consultancy company Sener has tied up with Astilleros de Sevilla the basic and detail engineering of a new Viking Line Ro-Pax ferry. The 133 m long, 1,500 passenger…

Now that a massive defense spending bill has been passed in the US, the Navy is supposed to have enough money to buy one new littoral combat ship (LCS) this fiscal year…

An EU clean fuels pilot project is underway to promote the use of LNG as marine fuel for ships. Hopes are high for the Marine Fuel Gas Logistics project (Magalog) to take…

Norwegian naval architects Multi-Maritime has announced that Riise Underwater Engineering (RUE) and Simon M?kster Shipping have ordered a second Multi Maritime-designed multi-purpose offshore vessel. The vessel will be built at Westcon in…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co in South Korea has secured an order worth $604 million to build four very large crude oil carriers for a Middle Eastern client. It did not…

Rousse Shipyard in Bulgaria has enough orders to operate at full capacity through the end of 2010, according to managing director Ignat Traikov. The order book contains orders from German and Dutch…