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The former head of Matson Navigation Company, C. Bradley Mulholland, is involved in the launch of a new shipping company in the Hawaiian islands that will undercut shipping prices by 12%. He…

Kongsberg Maritime's first installed AutoChief C20 propulsion control system has successfully completed sea trials. The main engine remote control system received its stamp of approval from Hyundai in Korea on 26 January…

A development kit unlocking the modeling expertise that has placed British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) at the forefront of manoeuvring simulation software for nearly three decades was unveiled today by BMT SeaTech…

Wärtsilä will extend its range of marine reduction gears and begin manufacturing these products in Khopoli, India. Production will start on the same site as Wärtsilä?s existing factory. The value of the…

During 2006, the St. Maarten Shipyard in the Caribbean, will complete a modernisation programme, which will expand the facilities into a top class mega yacht repair yard. The new facilities will comprise…

The British government has been accused of trying to keep secret an £84m cash lifeline to the troubled shipyard of Swan Hunter in the north-east of England and which is located near…

P&O?s cruise liner Aurora, which recently suffered serious propulsion problems causing the abandonment of its world cruise last week, is heading for the German shiprepair yard of Lloydwerft in Bremerhaven to have…

South Korean shipbuilders enjoyed another bumper year in 2004 by winning the largest amount of orders in the world totalling 17.3 million compensated gross tonnes (CGT) last year. This was well ahead…

Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last independent yard on the Clyde, is facing a ?life or death? battle over government contracts for two new fisheries vessels. Alan Dunnet, Ferguson's chief executive, who rescued the…