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Golar LNG Ltd. has confirmed it has signed a newbuilding contract with the Korean shipbuilder DSME for one 145,000 m3 LNG newbuilding for delivery in 2005. Included in the contract is an…

Tsuneishi Corporation in Japan has decided to install electric deck machines on TESS 58 bulk carrier. By doing so, maritime pollution as a result of oil leakage will be sharply diminished and…

Building on the popularity and success of its Voyager-class ships, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today ordered an even larger cruise ship - the Ultra Voyager - for delivery in May 2006. Destined…

The long drawn-out dispute between South Korea and the EU has taken an interesting twist with Korea filing a counter complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming that subsidies provided by…

K Line in Japan has ordered four 8,120 teu container ships from Japanese shipbuilder IHI Marine United and five 5,624 teu boxships from Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. The latest newbuildings…

Universal Shipbuilding in Japan delivered a 75,318DWT panamax bulk carrier, Energy Star, on September 2. The ship was ordered by Sun Lanes Shipping S. A. in Panama. The ship is 225m long,…

A fleet of 13 rusting US ships, heavily polluted with asbestos, oil and deadly PCBs, will embark on the 4,500-mile journey from America's east coast to the UK?s Hartlepool facilities in the…