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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co (IHI) and other major Japanese shipbuilders are hiking production capacities for the first time in about 30 years, the Nikkei reported, without citing sources. The Japanese shipbuilding industry…

PAN-United Marine (PUM) has become the first Singapore shipyard to secure an order for ultra large anchor handlers, with a contract from or Ezra Holdings to build a pair worth $65m. The…

Babcock International yesterday pulled off a golden deal to buy Devonport dockyard for £350 million and become the biggest supplier of services to the Royal Navy. The company, which runs the Faslane…

The shipbuilding industry in Durban, South Africa, is set to lose $400 million (R2.8 billion) order to build between 12 and 15 offshore supply vessels because the shipyard could be engulfed by…

Aker Yards, Rolls Royce Marine and DNV are joining forces with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. The intention is to build an international powerhouse for research and…

Aker Yards Cabins in France was recently launched under the legal name of Aker Yards Cabins SAS and will provide cabins for all passenger vessels of Aker Yards, France and plans to…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., received a $245 million order to build five 51,000 DWT product tankers for a European company. The Korean shipbuilder will deliver the newbuildings by January 2011. The shipyard…

China Shipping Group (CSG), the second biggest oceanic transportation conglomerate in China, plans to build its first shipyard by the end of 2008. This makes it the second time in less than…

Shipbuilding group Aker Yards has signed a contract to build six 3,000 DWT anchor handling towage supply vessels (AHTS) at its new shipyard in Vietnam. The contract with Aker Capital was worth…

Hanjin Shipping in South Korea has ordered five more Post-Panamax 8,600 TEU container ships from Hyundai Heavy Industries to upgrade its current main fleet consisting of four 5,000 TEU ships. Hanjin is…