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Romanian shipyard Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) will sign on Friday a deal worth more than $500 million with German Hamburg Sud to build six 5,200TEU container ships. DMHI is in talks…

The Union of Greek Shipowners warned that EU pressure on shipowners to shoulder progressively stricter anti-pollution safeguards will end up undermining a vital industry and encourage law-abiding operators to skirt regulations,. In…

The US-based KBR oil services firm, a subsidiary of Halliburton, has won the engineering, design and procurement contract for the Agbami FPSO?s topsides. KBR said in a statement that it was handed…

Following their recent order for five 8,200TEU container ships, Yang Ming, the Taiwanese carrier, has now placed a contract with China Shipbuilding Corporation, for five 4,250TEU vessels with the same shipbuilder. The…

"K" Line (Europe) Limited has taken delivery of its first newbuilding, the 185,500dwt bulk carrier Cape Riviera. Built at Kawasaki Shipbuilding in Japan, the bulker is the first of three sisters due…

Wärtsilä has received a major order to supply twenty-four Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines to Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea. These engines will power a series of six 155,000 m3 dual-fuel-electric LNG carriers.…

After an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has prohibited the implementation of an Italian aid scheme designed to cover the risk of loans for the construction and conversion of ships in Italian…

The European Union has decided against appealing a World Trade Organisation ruling on its dispute with South Korea over shipbuilding subsidies paid by Seoul, despite ongoing controversy over the outcome. The EU…

A&P Group and Marine Exhaust Solutions (MES), a subsidiary of Diversified Metal Engineering, of Canada, have announced a strategic partnership that will deliver groundbreaking abatement technology to the marine industry in time…

Russia?s two largest shipbuilders are joining forces after years of rivalry in an effort to rationalize shipyard facilities in a shrinking market. St. Petersburg-based Baltiisky Zavod, builders of warships for more than…