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The provision of adequate waste reception facilities at ports, and the technical and practical matters associated with it, requires attention in the future, agreed the Industry Reception Facilities Forum at its fifth…

Aker Yards has confirmed an optional agreement with Volstad Shipping AS, Ålesund, for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) worth approximately NOK 250 million. Delivery is scheduled for September 2007…

Austal Shipping, the West Australian shipbuilder, has delivered two more fast ferries to the Guadeloupe ferry operator L?Express des Iles. The first newbuilding named ?Silver Express?, will carry 360 passengers and 10…

Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea has unveiled its strategy to enter the Chinese ship market. The Korean shipbuilder will spend $14 million to construct research and development centers in Beijing and Shanghai…

Iran's shipbuilding company Sadra Group will build four cargo ships, worth $118 million, for the German-based Rickmers shipping company. The 24,000 dwt newbuildings have been purpose-designed for the carriage of break-bulk, heavy…

A Korean shipbuilding company plans to set up a $1-billion shipyard in Subic Bay, on the west coast of Luzon Island in the Philippines, and hire 20,000 shipbuilders in adjacent communities in…

Korea Line has placed an order for a Capesize bulk carrier costing $ 70 million. The shipping company declined to give shipbuilder?s name and ship size but said that the order is…

Wärtsilä was awarded a contract from Bijlsma Shipyard in Lemmer, Netherlands, to deliver propulsion plants for two 350 TEU container feeder vessels ordered by the Dutch VeKa Group For each vessel, Wärtsilä…

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to deliver six Wärtsilä 32 diesel engines with a combined power of over 40 MW for the world's largest oil drilling ship which is being built…

The Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL will cooperate with the Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS) to build corvette warships using technology similar to stealth aircraft technology. The cooperation was conceived under a Ministry…

A new bilateral agreement that extends the long-standing agreement on cooperation between ABS and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has been signed by the two societies in St Petersburg, Russia.…

Color Line has signed a Letter of Intent with Aker Yards for the building of two new ships for delivery in 2007 and 2008 respectively. These ships represent a new type of…

Wärtsilä diesel-electric propulsion plants of 11.5 MW have been ordered for two heavy-lift transport vessels to be converted for Fairmount Heavy Transport NV, an associated company of the Rotterdam-based towage contractor Fairmount…

Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL), the creator of the 3D product modeling software ShipConstructor, is putting the last touches on this year?s new software version, ShipConstructor 2006, scheduled for release towards the end…

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), today signed contracts with Daewoo Ship Building and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea for building and delivering two VLCCs. The tankers, to be built at…

Wärtsilä has been awarded contracts to supply RT-flex50 common-rail low-speed engines, propellers and Auxpac generating sets to Goodearth Maritime Ltd of Chennai, India, for the six 53,000 dwt handymax bulk carriers. For…

The decision on the Royal Navy?s aircraft carrier contracts for Barrow shipyard has been delayed until next year. Yard bosses are keeping a ?watching brief? on the timetable for the work after…

Alstom Power Conversion Incorporated (APCI) reports that the DD(X) Integrated Power System (IPS) test team has achieved full torque of over one million foot pounds on the Advanced Induction Motor (AIM) at…

The Saigon shipbuilding industry company (SSIC), a member company of the Vinashin group, has won its first ever export contract to build ten 5,190 DWT multipurpose ships.Under the contract inked with Midland…

Reliance Industries Ltd, the largest and one of the fastest growing private sector companies in India with business activities encompassing oil & gas exploration and production, petroleum refining, petrochemicals and textiles, is…