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ABS made presentations at ISSDC ABS made three presentations focused on environmental issues to the International Symposium on Ship Design and Construction 2009 (ISSDC 2009) held in Tokyo, Japan, on 1-2 September…

A proposed rule unveiled by the US Coast Guard would ensure that ballast water thresholds required by US law adhere to standards set out in the IMO's yet to be ratified treaty,…

The San Diego shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO recently delivered USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) to the U.S. Navy. Construction of the newbuilding began in October 2007. Including the Wally Schirra, NASSCO has…

The sale of two struggling Polish shipyards to Qatari investors has failed after the potential buyers declined to pay up within the time period agreed with the European Commission, Poland's treasury minister…

Shipbuilders may be drawn into a global price war next year triggered by South Korean discounting, an executive at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES), Japan?s second-largest builder of vessels, said. According to…

Technology from Sheffield in England could be powering the next generation of warships following city firm Magnomatics success in winning a six-figure contract with the Ministry of Defence. The Sheffield University spin-out…

Keen to increase the Indian Navy?s blue-water capability and improve self-sufficiency in defence production, the Ministry of Defence is to take over the Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam from the Union shipping ministry.…

South Korean shipbuilders may end an eight-month dry spell with an influx of new orders after Australia approved the $42 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project. Hyundai Heavy, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine…

According to local media reports, Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Minister of Industry and Mines of Iran, said during the launching ceremony of a 35,000 dwt vessel that the country will build around 500…

Singapore-based Keppel Singmarine is on track to deliver an ice class Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FSO) to repeat Russian customer, LUKOIL- Nizhnevolzhskneft (Lukoil). The vessel was recently christened YURI KORCHAGIN at…

Drydocks World - Dubai, the region?s premier ship repair, conversion and new building company under the Drydocks World group, has successfully carried out its first operation on the advanced 6,000-tonne ship lift…

Commodity and global logistics service supplier, the Noble Group, has allocated $320 million towards expanding its bulk fleet through newbuild vessels ordered at COSCO Dalian shipyard in China. The arrangement for four…

Brussels has called a meeting to discuss the state of Europe's shipbuilding and marine engineering industries. The key meeting of government and industry figures in Bremen on 11 September is being organized…

Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has started building four 1,400 passenger, 2,000 lane metre ropax ferries for China Shipping (Group) Company. The four vessels will be delivered from the end of 2010 to…

The latest Chinese shipyard to benefit from the renewed flow of newbuilding orders is Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry. An undisclosed shipowner from Southeast Asia has placed an order for seven 57,000…

Brazil's Petrobras has contracted the construction of 13 offshore service vessels but has left deals for another 11 unsigned. The newbuildings are part of the group's ambitious plans to contract up to…