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Wynstruments, now merged with B. Hepworth & Co, will launch an updatedversions of its best-selling ?straight line? window wiper and a brand newdigital control system at the SMM 2004 exhibition.The Type D…

Following the recent announcement by B.C. Ferries in Canada that two European ferry builders, Flensburger Schiffbau of Germany and Aker Finnyards of Finland, are bidding for the $380million contract to build two…

The Rolls-Royce ?zebra? battery has won its first order to power the submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) which forms a vital part of he NATO Submarine Rescue System. Eight ?zebra? batteries each with…

The Rolls-Royce MT30 marine gas turbine engine has completed another major development milestone required for operation by the US Navy by successfully carrying out endurance test running for American Bureau of Shipping…

The Japanese shipping company, MOL, has received the main contract from Chiyotec Limited to handle all Asia-based transport of equipment for the LNG/OET(Oil Export Terminal) part of the Sakhalin II Project. This…

INTERTANKO has just received notification today that following a port meeting on the 16 June 2004, the Port of Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan has decided not to accept vessels more than…

The last independent yard on the Lower Clyde has warned that shipbuilding there could come to an end as it launched its latest vessel today. Ferguson?s lost out on a £40 million…

Austal, a name associated worldwide with aluminium vessels of the highest quality, will now also be directly associated with the world?s best designed and built live-aboard vessels. This follows the shipbuilder?s decision…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan has launched the 60,200 gt car carrier Utopia Ace, the first of 12 carriers that will be delivered to MOL by March 2007. The Utopia Ace features…

Dutch shipbuilder Schelde Marinebouw, part of the Damen Shipyads Group, says it has filed a legal claim seeking to overturn a decision by the New Zealand government's to award Australian firm Tenix…