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Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has achieved a 70 day reduction in the construction of the first 46,000DWT product carrier in a 12 ship series order from BP Shipping. Named British Tenacity, the tanker…

Primorsk Shipping Corporation signed a contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for two ice-classed 166,000DWT Suezmax tankers for delivery in 2007. Ship particulars are 285 metres long, 50 metres wide and a draught…

BAE Systems Naval Ships is preparing for the launch of the first of its Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) vessels from the Govan shipyard in Glasgow on 9 April. This will be the…

Athens-based Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the Spanish shipbuilder Izar for the construction of one 145,000 cubic metre LNG tanker for delivery in July 2007.…

Gebab in Germany ordered six 4,550TEU container ships at a total cost of $350 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding (DSME) and Daewoo Mangalia in Romania. The Korean yard will build the first two…

ABS has signed a new agreement with the Greek Shipping Ministry expanding its authority to perform statutory certifications on their behalf. This expanded agreement includes survey and certification services for passenger vessels,…

Austal Ships of Australia today announced a contract to build an 85 metre ropax ferry for Greek operator Hellas Flying Dolphins (HFD). The catamaran is the fifth fast ferry HFD has ordered…

Some 400 years after its namesake took the pilgrims to New England, the Mayflower Resolution sets sail from the south of England having undergone its final stages of completion before entering service…