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A new bilateral agreement that extends the long-standing agreement on cooperation between ABS and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has been signed by the two societies in St Petersburg, Russia.…

Color Line has signed a Letter of Intent with Aker Yards for the building of two new ships for delivery in 2007 and 2008 respectively. These ships represent a new type of…

Wärtsilä diesel-electric propulsion plants of 11.5 MW have been ordered for two heavy-lift transport vessels to be converted for Fairmount Heavy Transport NV, an associated company of the Rotterdam-based towage contractor Fairmount…

Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL), the creator of the 3D product modeling software ShipConstructor, is putting the last touches on this year?s new software version, ShipConstructor 2006, scheduled for release towards the end…

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), today signed contracts with Daewoo Ship Building and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea for building and delivering two VLCCs. The tankers, to be built at…

Wärtsilä has been awarded contracts to supply RT-flex50 common-rail low-speed engines, propellers and Auxpac generating sets to Goodearth Maritime Ltd of Chennai, India, for the six 53,000 dwt handymax bulk carriers. For…

The decision on the Royal Navy?s aircraft carrier contracts for Barrow shipyard has been delayed until next year. Yard bosses are keeping a ?watching brief? on the timetable for the work after…

Alstom Power Conversion Incorporated (APCI) reports that the DD(X) Integrated Power System (IPS) test team has achieved full torque of over one million foot pounds on the Advanced Induction Motor (AIM) at…

The Saigon shipbuilding industry company (SSIC), a member company of the Vinashin group, has won its first ever export contract to build ten 5,190 DWT multipurpose ships.Under the contract inked with Midland…

Reliance Industries Ltd, the largest and one of the fastest growing private sector companies in India with business activities encompassing oil & gas exploration and production, petroleum refining, petrochemicals and textiles, is…