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Wärtsilä Corporation has been awarded a contract by Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland to supply six Wärtsilä 12V46 as prime movers for the main generating sets for the Ultra Voyager cruise ship recently…

ABS announced it will be classing the U.S. Navy?s new breed of warship, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), by applying technical Rules and standards established in its newly developed Naval Vessel Rules.…

Larger ships, driven by the latest generation of very high-powered diesel engines, are particularly susceptible to alignment problems on the bearings supporting the propulsion shafting as well as the main engine bearings.…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha.(K Line) has placed an order with Universal Shipbuilding Corporation for the building of another 300,000DWT ultra large ore carrier (ULOC) to be completed in 2009. This latest newbuilding, with…

Enpaco Corporation in Changwon, Republic of Korea, will manufacture the new TCA turbocharger model for MAN B&W Diesel under licence. The persons in charge have now signed a corresponding contract with a…

BAE Systems now appears unlikely to sell its shipyards after the company's surprising cash bid for Alvis, Britain's last independent tank maker. Sources close to Britain's biggest defence contractor said the sale…

South Korean companies looking to cut costs by moving factories to China or Vietnam should consider investing in North Korea, said Park Seung, governor of South Korea's central bank. "The hollowing-out of…

Shipbuilding division of Hanjin Heavy Industries plans to increase turnover from $860million in 2005 to $1.3billion in 2007. To achieve this, the Busan-based shipbuilder will introduce a 3,000 tonne lifting crane later…

Hyundai Samho Shipyard (HSS) is changing its management system to focus on productivity increase and cost reduction as a result of the deteriorating trading conditions in the wake of steep price rises…