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Aker BioMarine and Aker Yards have agreed an option for building a 144 metre long 27 metre wide vessel for harvesting of krill. Designed by Skipsteknish in Alesund, the value of the…

MAN Diesel has put its new marine gas engine through its paces for the benefit of decision makers from the global market for LNG carriers. MAN Diesel?s new 51/60 DF engine is…

Bureau Veritas (BV) has enjoyed another record-breaking year, with a sustained growth of fifteen per cent in net sales to the end of June, 2006.Speaking at the tenth annual Bureau Veritas Beaujolais…

The Chennai-based Goodearth Maritime Ltd. (GML) is planning to build a 405-hectare shipyard on the east coast of India with Korea Maritime Consultants Limited (Komac). The first phase of the project is…

Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) has appointed Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited to manage its fleet of 27 new LNG carriers in a 25-year deal. Under the arrangement it is…

B.C. Ferries has awarded a $40-million mid-life upgrade contract for the 5,863 gt ferry ?Queen of Alberni? to Vancouver Shipyards at its North Vancouver drydock.B.C. Ferries says the 139-metre ship is the…

Celebrity Cruises has cancelled the 10 December seven-day cruise of the ?Millennium? to replace the port thrust bearing in the ship's propulsion system. The ship must enter drydock to replace the bearing…

Western Australia-based shipbuilder Austal Ltd has secured a $140 million contract with an overseas group to build multiple aluminium passenger ferries, with the option of further purchases.The shipbuilder is under a strict…