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Swedish-based shipbuilder Kockums, a division of Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has signed a contract with Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries to deliver Stirling engines to Japan?s submarine program. The order follows several years…

Tomorrow, the Council of Ministers is expected to adopt formally two pieces of legislation that aim at combating ship-source pollution through a system of sanctions in case of intentional acts or serious…

Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. said it would replace its Alaska fleet of single-hull oil tankers with double-hull vessels. The US energy company will first buy and refurbish two ageing double-hull tankers now…

The new shipbuilding consortium Bulyard and Cyprus-registered Bulcon have signed a letter of intent for one 9,300DWT and one 42,000DWT general cargo ships worth $35 million. In May, Bulgarian shipping company Navigation…

South Korea will launch a 13,000 tonne large-deck landing ship as part of its naval force improvement programme. The amphibious ship, called LPX, was unveiled at Hanjin Heavy Industries shipyard in Busan…

DFDS has signed a 10-year time-charter deal with an option on a further three years for two ro-ro vessels with Macoma Shipping Ltd. The vessels will be built at the Jinling Shipyard…

The Indian Coast Guard has received a new patrol vessel, built at Goa Shipyard, named ?ICG Kasturba Gandhi? and is claimed to be the fastest of its type in the world. The…

The "floating city", one of the world's largest newbuilding projects, will be constructed in Isdemir Port in the Gulf of Iskenderun on the Eastern end of the Turkish Mediterranean coast, at a…

Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) took delivery of the second of four vessels it has on order from Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, in a deal which has seen the tanker operator…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed a new low-speed marine diesel engine, the UEC50LSE, in cooperation with Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd. MHI initially reached an agreement with Wärtsilä in November 2002 toward joint development…