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Shinsung Shipping in South Korea placed an order for five 6,700DWT steel carriers with Mokpo Shipbuilding for delivery by 2007. Shinsung said that the new order is to cope with increasing demand…

American defence contractor Halliburton is selling its controversial offshore facility in the north of Scotland. Its UK subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), confirmed it had put the site at Nigg in…

Sealion Shipping?s subsidiary, Toisa, has placed an order with the Wuchang Shipyard in China for the building of three very large DP platform supply vessels. These three new vessels are to be…

Solstad Offshore ASA has entered into an agreement with Ulstein Verft AS to build a large construction service vessel. The new vessel will have a length of 130 m and width of…

Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately NOK 150 million with Olympic Shipping to build a Platform Supply Vessel of the MT 6009 design, a Marin Teknikk design, at a cost…

Asia's major shipyards and international shipowners are heading for a clash, as the latter appear reluctant to place new orders unless prices go down. Shipyards, on the other hand, have no intention…

It has emerged that the Clyde-based Ferguson shipyard reportedly went to great lengths in its failed bid to win a vital contract from the Scottish Executive. The closure-threatened Port Glasgow yard made…

The EU research project "AMBIO" is investigating how to prevent the build up of organisms on surfaces under marine conditions, for example on ships? hulls. Scientists from BASF are collaborating on this…

Lifeboat manufacturer Schat-Harding has agreed with Statoil to recall six of its FF1000S skid-launched freefall lifeboats for strengthening beyond SOLAS requirements. In service tests show that SOLAS requirements may need modifying for…

Slowing military contract work will force Northrop Grumman Corp. to slash 400 jobs from its shipyard in Bridge City and 500 jobs from its other plants in Louisiana and Mississippi by the…