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The Indonesian shipbuilding industry is recovering from a two-year-long downturn as shipbuilders benefit from an influx of both domestic and overseas orders. A government official said "The industry is expected to grow…

MacGREGOR, part of the Cargotec Corporation, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of heavy-lift cranes and the design and key components for folding weather deck hatch covers and lift-away covers…

International classification society RINA has been named as the second best performing classification society for 2006 in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control. The Paris MOU is an administrative…

Eimskip-CTG in Norway, has received its third newbuild reefer vessel in 18 months. The vessel was built at Myklebust Verft in Norway and is a combined reefer and container vessel. It is…

Aberdeen-based marine and subsea support specialist TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has taken delivery of its new offshore support vessel, Rem Etive. The multi-purpose vessel was delivered from the Kleven shipyard in Norway last…

Keppel FELS Limited has secured an order for an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible (semi) drilling rig from a wholly-owned subsidiary of ENSCO International Incorporated (ENSCO). The total project value is $427 million. The semi,…

Wärtsilä's licensed enginebuilders have in recent months booked orders for 52 of Wärtsilä's new series of 82-cm bore low-speed marine engines with an aggregate power of 1,726 MW. The engines were introduced…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received a 1.22 trillion-won ($1.3 billion) order to build container ships. The deal from a European company calls for Daewoo to build the 9,100 TEU vessels…

Building on the strengths of already established services in the North Sea and Asia pacific, the MacGregor Group?s new Offshore division is set to provide a greater level of attention and service…

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems to design and build the first replacement amphibious assault ship.The work will be conducted at Northrop?s shipyards in…

Singapore?s Keppel Corp said it may look to snap up Asian shipbuilding yards in several years time when it expects a glut in capacity to depress asset prices.Choo Chiau Beng, Chief Executive…

India and South Korea this week will lay the groundwork for defence cooperation during the first visit of a South Korean defence minister to India. The two country?s defence ministers will be…

Norwegian-based Belships ASA has entered into an agreement whereby the company will purchase building contracts for 5 supramax bulk carriers at about 58.000 dwt at a total cost of about $200 million.…

Halul Offshore Services (HOSC), the Qatari support services company, has signed a contract with the Singaporean shipbuilder Pacific Ocean Engineering for construction of four safety standby vessels at a cost of approximately…

The newly formed Dubai-based shipping company, Eastern Echo is building four ships of the ULSTEIN SX124 design. These will be the first seismic vessels of Ulstein design and will be built with…

The French shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has completed its wide variety of services offered to the offshore industry through the acquisition of Fairmount Marine. For two years, since the common operation…

Rolls-Royce has won a contract worth approximately £50 million to supply an integrated system of design and equipment for two advanced offshore vessels to be built for Lewek Shipping, a subsidiary of…

Samsung Heavy Industries has completed the world?s largest offshore rig to be installed in seas off Russia?s Sakhalin Island. The rig, called ?Piltun B?, is 100 m wide, 105 m long and…

Dubai Dry Docks and Shipping Company (DDDSC) is keen on setting up a shipyard in the vicinity of the deep-water port in Kakinada. Two technical teams of the company have already visited…

Orient Overseas Container Line (OCCL) has taken its total order for Panamax ships at South Korea?s Samsung up to ten after announcing another addition to the series at a cost of $66.2m.Though…

After the announcement that Acergy?s joint venture Seaway heavy Lifting is to build a new 5,000 tonne crane ship, the Singapore shipbuilder Sembawang Shipyard has also received an order to build a…

Bharati Shipyard in India bagged an order worth $103 million from Germany?s Man Ferrostaal AG for two large platform supply vessels.The 105 m vessels will be diesel electric and fitted with two…