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Samsung has secured an order for two 115,000DWT tankers from Geden Line with delivery of 2010.Namura Shipbuilding clinched two 250,000DWT bulk carriers from NYK Line with delivery of 2010 and 2011.Dongnan Shipbuilding…

The first MAN B&W 7S65ME-C has entered service when the oil tanker ?Ice Explorer? was delivered by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan to the Greek shipowner in September. Although the S65ME-C engine…

Malaysian shipbuilders must buck up their ideas and clear backlog orders fast or risk losing their competitiveness and business to foreign players, Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) director general Datuk Cheah Kong…

A federal move that Canada?s shipbuilding industry has feared for some time appears to become a reality when the government resumed free trade talks with the European Free Trade Association. One of…

Edison Chouest Offshore has expanded into the shipyard sector in Brazil with the inauguration, early in October, of Estaleiro Navship in Navegantes in the south of Brazil. The yard will be capable…

The Norwegian naval design company Marin Teknikk has signed a contract with PT Batamec Shipyard, Indonesia, for delivery of a design and detailed engineering package for two MT 6009 MkII design for…

Geo ASA?s subsidiary Geo Subsea Pte Ltd in Singapore has signed a contract with Wavefield Inseis AS for the ?Geomaster?. The contract commences November 2006 and will have a duration of seven…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a 4,000 dwt UT 776 CD Platform supply vessel. The total value of the contract is approximately $48.7…

The North Carolina-based EnSolve Biosystems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to supply a PetroLiminator Oil Water Separator for treating bilge water from its fleet service craft…

Shipyards of South Korea are set to make all-out efforts to develop offshore facilities in a bid to stay ahead of the field despite hot pursuit from rivals in Japan and China,…