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Carnival Corporation has signed a historic multi-billion-dollar cooperation agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to construct four new cruise ships as well as significantly redesign the previously announced Queen Victoria for its Cunard…

The Indian government is proposing a new maritime policy incorporating ambitious plans for the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry. On the drawing board are plans for two international shipbuilding yards on the…

MacGREGOR introduced transport solutions developed by Langh Ship at the International Steel Forum arranged by Metal Bulletin in Prague on 21 September. The three-day forum focused on topical issues within this field,…

Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), the Hong Kong based group that owns one of the world?s largest international container transport business which trades under the name OOCL, has placed an order with…

MAN B&W Diesel Group will, at SMM 2004, present a new software tool to support reliable engine room planning: The "3D Engine Viewer" provides CAD models of four-stroke engines in individual configuration.The…

A.P. Moller-Maersk placed an order for 10 container ships plus two more options with Hanjin Heavy Industries at a total cost of about $ 970 million.The contratc comprises of six 6,200TEU vessels…

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has placed an order with Hyundai Heavy Industries, the worlds? largest shipbuilder, for two VLCC tankers in response to increases in oil production which…

The panel block shop at Daewoo has been modernized with new machinery including automatic welding machines which has increased output by 25%, i.e. from 4.5 to 5.7 blocks daily. The modernization plan…

Bureaucrats in the EU are preparing to threaten a $16 billion-a-year business in the British defence industry under controversial plans to force national governments to open up their lucrative contracts to foreign…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) took delivery of the 2,188 TEU container vessel, Iran Bushehr, from domestic shipbuilder Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex Co. (ISOICO). The $188.5 million…