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Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has adopted and will standardize on MSC.Software?s new SimEnterprise technology across all company sites and their extended supply chain.With typical development cycles not exceeding 36 months and including a…

A local industry report claims that India's Shipping Ministry is considering plans to ban ships over 25 years old from docking at the country's ports. Also being considered are ships flying flags…

Australia?s Federal Government will sign a contract with Spanish designer Navantia, Adelaide-based shipbuilder ASC and systems engineer Raytheon by mid-September, for the construction of three 6,000-tonne air warfare destroyers for the Royal…

Vladivostok-based Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) has ordered a series of new bulk carriers to be built in China at the Quingshan Shipyard in Ukhan.The 57,000 DWT newbuildings will be 190 metres long…

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an order from a US firm to construct two drill ships, just in time to put the company's combined orders for the first half of the…

Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the region?s only specialist naval and para-military shipbuilder, has signed a contract with Bahrain?s Ministry of the Interior to refit ten coast guard patrol boats. The deal…

Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte. Ltd. (GGOS), Singapore, wholly owned by Greatship (India) Ltd (GIL), has signed a contract for two more new building multi purpose platform supply vessels (PSV) with Keppel…

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has moved quickly to dispel certain misconceptions circulating within the market concerning the circumstances under which regulations affecting shipping within the designated Sulphur Emission Control Area…

ABG Shipyard in India has bid for two shipyards on the western coast, state-run Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd. and Western India Shipyard Ltd.. In May, it bought unlisted Vipul Shipyard. Its competitor,…

A project to build a shipyard at Porto Amboim in the Angolan province of Kwanza Sul has been presented by two oil companies, Servi?os de Produ??o de Petroleos (OPS) and Sonangol.Jo?o Filipe…

For the first time China has overtaken Japan to rank the second in terms of vessel order book tonnage with a record $5.49 billion new orders during the first half of the…

Skipsteknisk AS of Norway was awarded the design contract for a second vessel ordered by Volstad Maritime AS for DeepOcean through its subsidiary CTC Marine Projects Ltd. The vessel of ST-256 L…

Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) has officially opened its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co Ltd (Keppel Nantong), in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China. The official ceremony was marked by…

Mumbai-based shipbuilder Bharati Shipyard has bagged an additional order worth about $44 million from UP Offshore (Bahamas) Ltd., for two platform supply vessels. In April, the company had secured the first order…

The first Incat 112 metre high speed ferry has been delivered to the Japanese ferry operator Higashi Nihon Ferry. The new Incat 112 metre wave piercing catamaran was specifically designed and built…

The New Delhi-based infrastructure major Punj Lloyd has acquired a 25.1% stake in Pipavav Shipyard (PSL) for Rs 403 crore. The deal, done through preferential allotment, is seen as a strategic investment…

The Russian tanker operator Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO) recently launched ?PRISCO Alcor?, its second Suezmax type tanker. The 166,000 DWT newbuilding is under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in South Korea…

New regulation 12A of Annex I of MARPOL on oil fuel tank protection, adopted by MEPC 54 on 24 March 2006 will come into force. It sets out the requirements concerning the…

Work at the Limbe shipyard project, the second biggest infrastructural venture in Cameroon after the Chad-Cameroon pipeline, is running on schedule. Good progress has been made as work on the 700m x…

China's most advanced salvage vessel "Nanhai 101" was recently launched at Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard and will be delivered in October to the to Nanhai Rescue Bureau in the Ministry of Communications. The…

Nordcapital Group and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed contracts for the building of eight massive container ships with a capacity of 13,100 TEU each. These will be the largest container ships HHI…

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) recently launched an 82,000 m3 LPG carrier for Norwegian company BW Gas, formerly known as Bergesen. This is the first LPG carrier built on the ground…

The Australian Marine Complex (AMC), Australia?s premiere shipbuilding precinct, has been a hive of activity recently with the opening of a new wharf. Located on the shores of Cockburn Sound, 23 kilometres…