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Norway-based DOF ASA has confirmed the conditional contract to build an MT 6009 Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) at Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group. The contract is worth approximately…

Holland America Line (HAL) has installed Spurs Marine?s line and net cutter system on both cp propellers of its cruise ship Volendam. This follows a similar installation on the sister vessel Veendam…

NYK has concluded a long-term charter agreement for two 149,600 cubic metre membrane type LNG carriers with Nigeria LNG Limited and a shipbuilding contract for the new gas carriers with Samsung Heavy…

Bharati Shipyard, Mumbai, one of leading private owned shipyards in India, received a repeat order for two 80 tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) from the Great Eastern Shipping…

Pont-Aven, Brittany Ferries? $180 million flagship, returned to service today, nearly a fortnight after a fault left it stranded in a UK port. The problem arose from a cracked cooling valve resulting…

China Shipping Group is considering buying six to eight VLCCs within the next two years. The state-run company expects to take delivery of the first of its 300,000dwt tankers in November, the…

Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has awarded a $30 million contract for vessel repairs to be done at the Port Weller Dry Docks in Canada?s Niagara region. The project involves the forebody replacement…

Just over a year after Hudong Heavy Machinery Company (HHM) in Shanghaipresented the first Chinese-built 80 cm bore MC engine, they can now claim the distinction of having the first ME orders…

James Fisher & Sons plc, one of the UK?s leading marine services providers, has launched a new tanker, the Cumbrian Fisher, at the Samho Shipbuilding Company in Korea. The vessel, a clean…

China's largest shipbuilding company, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), opened an office in Hong Kong and is registered as China Shipbuilding and Offshore International (HK) Co. The Hong Kong operation is wholly-owned…