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Indian industrialist Pawan Ruia has stepped into the shipping sector with a proposal to set up a shipyard in a 2000-acre area at Jelingham in Haldia at a total cost of Rs…

Hamworthy has acquired Serck Como, which specialises in cruise ship desalination systems. "The acquisition complements our existing wastewater business and has excellent growth prospects both in the marine sector and ashore," said…

SK Shipping in South Korea has decided to order an 82,000 cbm LPG carrier at a contract price of $88.4 million. Shipbuilder is not decided yet.

CMA CGM has placed a new order for four 6,500TEU container ships at the price of $420 million with Hanjin Heavy Industries. Ship particulars are 300m in length, 40m in breadth and…

Eidesvik Offshore ASA has exercised its right with Westcon shipbuilder in ?lensvåg, Norway, to build its third platform supply vessel (PSV) type VS 493 LNG-AVANT. The value of the contract is approximately…

Jinling Shipyard in China seals six MR product carriers from Changjiang Shipping Group Nanjing Oil Shipping. Pacific International Line in Singapore placed an order for two 600TEU container ships with Penglai Bohai…

MSET Shipbuilding Corporation Sdn Bhd, a leading shipbuilding and repair company in Kuala Terengganu on the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia, is aiming to build larger ships measuring up to 120 metres…

South Korea's Daeju Construction Engineering, which specialises in dockyard and city developments, will invest $500 million in a shipyard project in Karimun Island, one of the islands in the Riau Islands province…

Hanjin Shipping has placed an order for five 10,000TEU containerships with Samsung Heavy Industries. The five 117,000 DWT newbuildings are scheduled for successive deployment from February of 2010 on Hanjin's trans-Pacific route.…

Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, has signed a contract with Siem Offshore Inc for the building of a new, sophisticated multifunctional platform supply vessel. The newbuilding is based on the new MT…