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Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has clinched an order two 10,000TEU container ships from ZIM. The new vessels will be delivered in January and February 2010. The order also attaches one more option.…

Aker Yards in Norway has entered into a contract with Gulf Offshore North Sea Ltd in Aberdeen, Scotland, to build two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) based n the Aker design PSV 09…

BAE has launched a takeover bid for Devonport Management Ltd (DML) in the UK-based Devonport dockyard where the Royal Navy?s nuclear-powered submarines are refitted in programmes worth hundreds of millions of pounds.BAE…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea has won a new order for four product carriers at a price of W 181.2 billion. They will be delivered by February 2011.

NYK Line in Japan has placed a new order for two 250,000DWT bulk carriers with Namura Shipbuilding. This will be the first time for an ore carrier of this size to be…

Guangzhou Shipyard International in China secured a contract for two 50,500DWT product carriers from Motia in Italy. Ship particulars are 183.2m in length, 32.2m in breadth and 18.2m in depth with a…

The European Commission said it approved the proposed acquisition of joint control by French defence equipment supplier and naval prime contractor Thales, together with the French state, of French state-owned military shipyard…

The accident frequency in shipping has decreased over the past few decades. However, although the figures today are half of what they were in the late 80s, this trend is about to…

Chinese shipbuilders have caught up with their South Korean rivals in new orders received in the first two months of this year, according to an international market researcher. Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung…

Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea signed a letter of intent on the construction of four 25,000DWT class chemical tankers from a European ship owner. They will be delivered by July 2010. Contract…