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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…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has announced that, together with the Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd., and Iino Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (Iino Lines), it has agreed on joint ownership of a newly…

Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Portosalvo Ltd. for the building of one 4,800 DWT Platform Supply Vessel based on the design Aker PSV 09 CD. The value of the…

Asia's first 10,000 TEU container ship, classed by Lloyd?s Register, was recently christened at Hyundai Heavy Industries? (HHI) yard in Ulsan just days before its scheduled delivery on 6 August to the…

UK's Secretary of State has announced the building of Britain's largest ever naval ships and orders will now be placed for the two new aircraft carriers. The ships will have a displacement…

Danish maritime company Erria A/S has awarded the Chinese shipbuilder Rushan Shipyard a newbuilding contract for three chemical tankers. The contract covers a firm order for three 6,500 DWT chemical tankers and…

Shanghai-based shipbuilder Guangzhou Shipyard International expects a massive increase in its net profits for the first half compared with a year earlier. Guangzhou Shipyard, controlled by the country's biggest shipbuilder China State…

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won an order from an undisclosed South American country worth $633 million to build a semi-submersible drilling rig for delivery in August 2010.

Singapore shipbuilder ASL Marine Holdings has secured new shipbuilding contracts worth $67.5 million from European clients. The contracts are for one 90 metre DP-2 subsea operation vessel, two Rotor tugs and 2…

ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has secured a major order for 12 bulk carriers of 32,000 DWT at a total price of $360 million from Precious Shipping Public Co. Ltd. (PSL), Thailand,…

The European Commission has welcomed the proposal by Poland to reduce capacity in the country?s shipyards at Szczecin and Gdynia, as a necessary step forward in the restructuring process financed by state…

Mitsui O.S. K. Lines (MOL) has started onboard training using its newly built training vessel, the SPIRIT OF MOL. The first intake of trainees took place in Manila, one of the company?s…

Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured four contracts worth a total of $230 million to build six offshore support…

A Korean investor is looking for sites in Fiji to set up a shipyard and slipways for a multi-million dollar project. At the moment Fiji has the capacity to service vessels up…

Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) in the UK has ordered two new purpose built ships for transporting radioactive materials from Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding. The Japanese shipbuilder is currently building the ?Pacific…

The long-awaited UK government announcement giving the go-ahead for the construction of two CVFs, the new future aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, is expected before the end of next week. Ministers…

Simek shipyard in Norway has delivered ?Dina Supplier? to its owner Myklebusthaug Offshore AS, Fonnes, Norway. This PSV is the 100th UT 755 design to have been delivered to date.The newbuilding is…

To replace three 40 years old pilot station vessels, operating in the Deutsche Bucht, the German authorities recently ordered two new SWATH-type vessels from Abeking & Rasmussen (A&R) in Lemwerder, near Bremen.…

Deep Sea Supply ASA in Arendal, Norway, has taken delivery of the 3rd of eight PSV newbuildings from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel ?Sea Angler?, a UT 755L platform supply vessel,…

Aveva, a leading provider of plant and marine design and engineering lifecycle solutions, has won a new contract with Korean shipbuilder SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Gyeongnam. SLS Shipbuilding is one of…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea has won a $592.3 million container ship order from an Asian shipper. The vessels will be delivered to the unidentified shipper by the end…

The first of a series of ships ordered by Finnish chartering and operations company Meriaura Oy Ltd has been launched at Remontowa SA, in Poland.Named ?Aura?, (yard no. B 602/1), this is…