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Pride International, Inc. announced the dedication of the first of its four new deepwater drillships under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.

24th February 2010

New deepwater drillship joins Pride fleet

24th February 2010

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Seattle-based naval architect and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) signed an agreement with Todd Pacific Shipyards to deliver the detailed engineering for the B-Series 64 Auto Ferries ordered…

24th February 2010

GPA awarded car ferry contract

24th February 2010

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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a $1.4 billion deal with Daewoo International Corp. to develop a huge natural gasfield in Myanmar.

24th February 2010

Hyundai gets Burma gas contract

24th February 2010

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The US tug owner Crowley has signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to build two newly designed ocean going tug with options for additional vessels.

23rd February 2010

Crowley orders two ocean tugs from Bollinger

23rd February 2010

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MAN Diesel signed a development agreement, effective immediately, with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to jointly develop and exploit the adaptation of DSME’s high-pressure cryogenic gas-supply system for installation with MAN…

23rd February 2010

MAN and DSME to jointly develop gas technology

23rd February 2010

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Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the German shipowner Jüngerhans, located in Haren, to refit two of its vessels with Wärtsilä slow steaming upgrade (SSU) kits to cut fuel costs. The 1997-built…

23rd February 2010

German shipowner orders slow steaming upgrade kits

23rd February 2010

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Cancellations of containership orders have reached 140 ships for 436,000 teusince the start of the financial crisis in September 2008, according to Alphalinerrecords. The level of cancellations is lower than the ones…

23rd February 2010

Boxship cancellations hit 6.7% of orderbook

23rd February 2010

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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has won an order to build five 160,000 dwt oil tankers for Angola’s state-owned oil company, Sonangol. The deal is worth 400 billion won ($344.7 million),…

23rd February 2010

Daewoo clinches tanker quintet

23rd February 2010

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Havyard Design AS in Norway has acquired Apply Steelcad AS from Apply Sørco AS.

22nd February 2010

Havyard Design acquires Apply Steelcad

22nd February 2010

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The NYK Group company, Japan Marine Science, will act as the administrator of a survey for developing an advanced ship-recycling system. The survey, commissioned and led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,…

22nd February 2010

NYK in survey for developing advanced ship-recycling system

22nd February 2010

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A report issued by London-based Clarkson Research Services said that ship demolition rose to the highest in 13 years in 2009, as owners scrapped ageing vessels to make way for a record…

22nd February 2010

Scrapping of ships highest since 1996

22nd February 2010

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Zhejiang Yungpu Heavy Machinery (YUNGPU), in Chinas Zhejiang Province, agreed last December on licensing of the technology incorporated in the Mitsubishi-UE, MHIs low-speed marine diesel engines. The…

22nd February 2010

MHI awards Chinese engine builder marine diesel licence

22nd February 2010

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The EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) report, prepared by the Finnish design and engineering consultancy firm Deltamarin, was commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

22nd February 2010

EMSA’s EEDI report published

22nd February 2010

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The Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL has been urged by the government to rethink its decision to lay-off 900 workers.

22nd February 2010

Indonesian yard urged to rethink lay-offs

22nd February 2010

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Genoa-based classification society RINA has taken a lead in the developing market for floating LNG terminals. It has been chosen to class the first offshore Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), and…

19th February 2010

RINA classes world’s first offshore LNG FSRU

19th February 2010

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ABB has acquired the turbocharging service activities of ABCO Industries, located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

18th February 2010

ABB acquires turbo service business in Canada

18th February 2010

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Local media in Korea is reporting that Glovis Co, the logistics subsidiary of Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, will order three 6,000-unit pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs). Glovis will invest a total of $191.5…

18th February 2010

Korea to order PTCT newbuilds

18th February 2010

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The gross output of Chinas shipbuilding industry was RMB 548.4 billion in 2009, up 28.7% year on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Growth was…

18th February 2010

Output surges in China’s shipbuilding industry

18th February 2010

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After falling for 14 months in a row, Japanese export ship orders rose for the second consecutive month in January on a year-on-year basis, increasing by 50.5 percent to 471,900 grt, according…

18th February 2010

Japanese newbuild export orders rise again

18th February 2010

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The first of a new class of tugs for the US Navy, designed by Robert Allan Ltd of Vancouver, Canada, has been handed over and is now in operation.

18th February 2010

First new US Navy pilots tug enters service

18th February 2010