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The Baku-based shipbuilder Krasnoye Sormovo, part of the MNP Group, has won another contract from Palnali Shipping Company for five IMO2 tankers of "New Armada" type of RST22 project with high "ECO…

China Shipping Development Co plans to order four very large ore carriers (VLOCs) from Chinese shipbuilders for a total of $470 million. Each vessel will have capacity of 300,000 dead weight tonnes.…

Milan-based Saipem SpA will build a new deepwater field development ship (FDS)to be named 'Saipem FDS 2?, at an overall cost of 380 million euros. The order with the shipyard is expected…

Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd in India has placed an order for building two 57,000 DWT dry bulk carriers. The order has been placed with Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co Ltd and the…

Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard has delivered its third anchor handling tug vessel (AHTV) to Egypt-based Maridrive & Oil Services SAE. The AHTV, named ?Maridive-229?, will assist in the offshore oil and gas field…

Bocimar, part of the Belgium CMB Group, has expanded its newbuilding programme with the acquisition of two newbuilding Capesize vessels. The first vessel is a 180,000 DWT bulker that has been ordered…

The Icelandic shipping company Eimskip-CTG has received its fifth new reefer vessel in approximately two years. The newbuilding, a combined reefer and container vessel, was built at Myklebust Verft AS in Norway…

"K" Line LNG Shipping (UK) Limited (KLNG) in London has taken delivery of its brand new 145,000 m3 LNG carrier ?Celestine River?. This Moss LNG tanker was constructed at the Kawasaki Shipbuilding…

Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, Louisiana, has delivered the Grand Slam, the fourth of the ten-series GPA 654 Platform Support Vessels, designed by Guido Perla & Associates, Inc., that won the "Significant Boats…

Eastern Echo Holding Plc has signed shipbuilding contracts with Drydocks World in Dubai and design and equipment contracts with Ulstein Design for two seismic vessels, each capable of towing up to 12…

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract for approx EUR 30 million for the manufacture and supply of the main diesel generating sets and their auxiliary and support systems for the Royal Navy's…

Austal USA plans to go ahead with a $200 million-plus expansion of its Mobile River shipbuilding facility, whether it wins major new military work or not, company officials said. The shipbuilder expects…

The last in a three-ship order for double-ended ferries for Canadian ferry operator British Columbia Ferry Services (BC Ferries) was recently launched at Flensburger shipyard and delivery is planned for May 2008.…

Aries Marine Corp, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, has signed a letter of intent with Eastern Shipbuilding Group of Panama City, Florida, for the construction of two Aker Yards PSV23 DE supply vessels.…

South Korean shipbuilder C&Heavy Industries has won a $342.2 million order to build six bulk carriers for an unidentified firm in Central America. Delivery of the vessels is slated for August 2010.

Essar Shipping & Logistics Limited (ESLL) in India has contracted to acquire six modern mini Cape bulk carriers of 103,664 DWT each with an option to acquire another three similar vessels. The…

The future looks promising for a BAE Systems-Labuan Shipyard and Engineering Sdn Bhd (LSE) tie-up. The British firm is so impressed with the Malaysian company that it is in "detailed discussions" to…

Fewer and fewer companies appear ready to acquire Stocznia Gdynia. One of the reasons is the fact that the Ministry of the Treasury wants a ban signing new contracts until an investor…

Singapore shipyard operator and oil rig builder SembCorp Marine Ltd (SCM) and Nasser Mohammed Al-Mukairish and Partners Company (Al-Mukairish) have signed a joint venture agreement to form SembMarine Middle East Pte Ltd.…

Danaos Corporation in Greece has ordered three post-Panamax 10,100 teu containerships from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for delivery in January, February and March of 2011. Danaos has also arranged for a large…

Next month Kandla Port in India will have the country's first and Asia's second shipbuilding and ship-repair yard for building and repairing dredgers. The Rs 450-crore venture has been set up by…

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Japan's third-largest shipbuilder, delivered a VLOC (very large ore carrier) that will sail between Brazil and Japan, completing an order for one of the world's largest iron-ore…

The Ha Long Shipbuilding, part of the Vinashin group, has begun building a $50 million car carrier which can carry 4,900 CEUs, becoming the largest PCTC to be built in Vietnam. The…