Author: Importer

Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build a third ultra-deepwater drill ship at the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea. The contract has a total project value of $598 million with…

The Australian government has awarded the $3 billion contract for two of the Royal Australian Navy's new landing ships to a consortium of Spanish firm Navantia and Tenix in Victoria. The hulls…

A final decision to place the £3.8bn order for the Royal Navy?s future aircraft carrier programme (CVF), already delayed from last year, is now unlikely before October or November while French suggestions…

Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA in Norway has reached an agreement with Sasaki Shipbuilding in Japan for six 2,500 cbm semi/pressurized LPG carriers at a cost of $14.2 million each. The vessels…

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has strengthened its US service network by purchasing Maritime Solutions Inc, a Norfolk, Virginia-based lifeboat and davit service company.Gary Joseph, president of Schat-Harding USA, says, "We have…

The Piraeus-based Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, has recently…

After investing over $1.6 billion in Subic Bay Freeport for a shipbuilding facility, Korea?s shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) is investing another $1 billion in the state-owned Phivedec Industrial Estate…

Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering Co. (DSME) has won a deal valued at $1.5 billion to build nine container vessels. The order from a European shipping company calls on DSME to deliver…