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Leading Indian shipping majors have been short-listed by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for its mega tender for 30 offshore support vessels. Great Eastern Shipping-promoted Greatship India (GIL), GE Shipping?s…

The US Navy ordered Lockheed Martin to stop work on a $260 million littoral combat ship (LCS) after the company warned of a significant cost increase that has also spurred the service…

Alaska Ship & Drydock (ASD) in Ketchikan is getting ready to start construction of an unusual vessel called the 'E-craft?. Now officially named the ?Susitna?, the E-Craft is an experimental prototype being…

Crowley Maritime Corporation in the US has christened Marty J, the first of three Heavy Lift 455 Series barges under construction at Gunderson Marine in Portland, Oregon. The three 123 metre by…

The propeller, which is the largest in Russian shipbuilding history, has a diameter of 8.20 m and was manufactured at the naval shipyard 'Zvezdochka' in the city of Severodvinsk. Made in stainless…

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries received an order from Irano Hind Shipping Co. of Iran for a 159,000 dwt crude oil tanker. The Suezmax will measure 274m in length, 48m in width and…

SLS Shipbuilding in South Korea won an order for four 51,000DWT product carriers from ST Shipping & Transport in Singapore. They will be delivered from 2008 to early 2009. The new order…

Dutch firm Rensen Beheer, specialising in building and selling fluvial vessels, sold its entire 16.8% stake in Orsova Shipyard (SNO) in Romania according to Constantin Badoiu, general manager of the SNO. Badoiu…

Halifax Capital Bhd in Malaysia has won a shipbuilding contract worth about $23.2 million from PT Kasih Industri Indonesia. Under the deal, the company would supply four sets of tugs and barges…

Portchester-based VT Halmatic has told workers that up to 130 of the 270-strong workforce could be made redundant. The business has been under threat for some months and has now announced it…

Venice-based tanker operator Motia Compagnia di Navigazione has taken delivery of two state of the art 35,000 dwt IMO Type II chemical/product tankers. The vessels, named Alice and Aurora, were built by…

Wärtsilä Corporation initiated in 2006 a two-year development project to test scrubbing plant for removing sulphur oxides (SOx) from the exhaust gases of marine diesel engines and oil-fired boilers. The project involves…

Aker Yards is taking a strategic position in the fast growing Asian market for offshore vessels by setting up a shipyard in Vietnam. The shipyard will be a joint venture between Aker…

Following the recent referendum in which the people of the Republic of Panama voted 78% in favour President Martin Torrijos? plans to start work this year on ambitious expansion plans for the…

Miami-based Celebrity Cruises has announced the name of the third "celestial" ship in its 118,000 gt Solstice-class fleet. The 2,850 passenger Celebrity Eclipse will make its maiden voyage in 2010, following sister…

Waterbuses designed in Wales could soon be running passenger services around the rapidly-expanding city of Dubai. Aquabus Water Transport Solutions (AWTS) of Cardiff is competing to win the contract to replace many…

IHC Holland Merwede is renting the former Dutch shipbuilder Alblas Scheepsbouw B.V. in Hendrik Ido Ambacht. The deal includes bringing the employees of the Alblas yard in the employment of IHC Holland…

The Dutch shipping company Unifleet, a subsidiary of the Heuvelman Shipping Group, has placed a newbuilding order for eight chemical/product tankers with two Chinese shipyards at a total cost exceeding $130 million.…

Korea's three major shipbuilders have set a target of $36 billion in ship orders this year, slightly down from last year's record $37.4 billion. The figure was calculated based on an expected…

A modern domestic shipbuilding facility will soon rise in Subic Bay Freeport, Philippines, as part of the government?s Investment Priority Plan. Government officials say there is a pressing need to build about…