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A scaled model of the hull for a new medium-sized passenger-vehicle ferry, designed by Poseidon Marine Consultants Ltd., was tested today in ice at the Institute for Ocean Technology in St. John?s,…

Australian-owned tour operator Scenic Tours has completed the formation of its European operations company Scenic Tours Europe AG that will be based in Zug, Switzerland. It is a venture that will mean…

Singapore-based shipbuilder Jurong Shipyard has won a contract to build an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig for the international offshore drilling contractor, SeaDrill. The deal is worth $535.5 million. The semi-submersible rig is scheduled…

Ace Marine Ltd, the Fife-based firm of naval architects, has acquired the oldest continually operating yacht design business in the world, A Mylne & Co ? including the design archive, described by…

According to local reports, investors from Kuwait are interested in buying shares in the New Szczecin Shipyard (SSN). Talks concerning the investment will be conducted during Prime Minister Kaczyński's visit to Kuwait.…

Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea has secured an order for a 1,000 TEU container ship from a Middle East shipowner. Contract price is W 22.2 billion and delivery is scheduled for June…

Mumbai-based Transworld group is expanding its operations in a major way by ordering four container ships costing $25 million each from Singapore?s warship specialist shipyard Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd."Each of these ships…

The Republic of Vanuatu, with an established network of offices, deputy commissioners, special agents and inspectors in Asia ? Tokyo, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand --…

Sister to the BUTE delivered last year, the latest new ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne, the ARGYLE, recently arrived on the Firth of Clyde having sailed from the shipbuilding yard Remontowa in…