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Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SembCorp Mar in Singapore, has secured a contract estimated at $98 million from Bluewater Energy Services B.V. for the FPSO conversion of newbuild Aframax-size…

Peter Brotherhood Ltd, the Peterborough, UK-based steam turbine and gas compressor manufacturer, is celebrating a remarkable 2006. The company has grown significantly over the past few years and in 2006 recorded an…

Daewoo Shipbuilding completed the extension work of its launching barge which has been underway since last November. The launching barge was lengthened by 55 metres and widened by 7.6 metres and now…

Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) is on course to deliver the FPSO facility, Umuroa, to Prosafe Production (Prosafe) in March. Umuroa?s will follow the delivery of Prosafe?s other vessel, FPSO Polvo, which…

Eighteen States have signed, subject to ratification, the 2005 Protocols to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA), 1988, and the related Protocol for…

Samsung Heavy Industries has signed an order for a 1 million barrel FPSO from a Norwegian ship owner at a price of $400 million. Delivery is scheduled for January 2010 and the…

Nanjing Jinling Shipyard in China clinched six 57,000 DWT bulk carriers from Enterprise shipping at a price of $34.5 million each. Cosco Zhoushan also won three 57,300 DWT bulk carriers from INCE…

A multi-million pound steel mega yacht will be built at Appledore Shipyard in the UK before being sailed to Devonport for completion. Last year the yard, which is owned by Devonport owners…

The French oil giant Total is among 15 groups and individuals that have gone on trial today over the ?Erika? disaster. Bringing the charges are no less than 74 plaintiffs. One of…

The project for the construction of three naval ?Joint Support Ships? for the Canadian Government at a price tag of $2.1 billion is approaching decision time. On top of that, the project…

SLS Shipbuilding in South Korea signed an MOU on the construction of a block factory in Gunsan. The shipbuilder will invest $181 million to construct the factory which will be completed by…

Chinese shipbuilder Cosco has recorded a 28% rise in full-year earnings to $133 million. The earnings were buoyed by strong contributions from its ship repair and marine engineering operations. Meanwhile, revenue jumped…

Total, the French oil giant, is to construct a large billion-dollar floating production, storage and off loading vessel for its Usan field in the deep offshore region off Nigeria. The Usan field…

The Hull Lifecycle Programme (HLP), a new software service tool designed to ensure long lives and technical safety for vessels, was introduced by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) at the GL Exchange Forum. The…

A £2.3 million International Marine Design Centre is expected to open in Newcastle, UK, next month after regional development agency One Northeast agreed to back a project. It is hoped the centre…

Garware Offshore Services in Mumbai, India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard Leirvik AS for exclusive representation for the marketing and sale of ships built by…

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard has delivered the lead-ship in a16-ship series of product tankers. The 185 metre MT46 Veteran Class ?Overseas Houston? now becomes the first ship leased to subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding…

BP PLC has reported more problems with its new fleet of 185,000 DWT oil tankers after a scramble to repair cracked rudders and faulty anchors. One of the bollards used to secure…

According to London-based Clarkson, shipowners ordered new vessels worth a record $105.5 billion in 2006. The trend has been spurred by tanker owners keen to upgrade their fleets ahead of IMO single-hull…

Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has ordered four PCTCs (pure car and truck carriers) from China's Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry. The Danish shipowner has an option for delivery of another four ships of the…