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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been awarded the ‘Ship of the Year 2011’ award by Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JASNAOE) for its ro-ro ship, ‘Tønsberg’.

Plymouth University recently received the keys to a new £19m marine building constructed by UK firm, Leadbitter.

Japanese operator Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced plans for scrapping or cold lay-up of 10 to 20 Capesize bulkers, of 15 years or older, in consideration of this fiscal year’s worsening…

German ro-ro specialist Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has topped recent successes by taking its first orders for offshore vessels and says it expects further orders soon in the ro-ro and ro-pax sector.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply the gensets for a series of eight diesel-electric offshore newbuildings recently ordered by Swire Pacific Offshore Operations, to be built at Japanese…

The Paris MoU Committee has approved its 2011 inspection port state control results and its new performance lists for flag states and recognised organisations will take effect from 1 July 2012.

A complex financial rescue package is being put together to help cash-strapped German shipyard group P+S Werften meet what reports now say is a cash shortfall of more than €300 million.

Cammell Laird has won a multi-million pound contract to build two new vessels for Western Ferries’ Gourock to Dunoon route.

A second Staten Island ferry has been given the Ecospeed treatment in Virginia, US – the underwater hull of Sen. John J. Marchi has been coated to optimise fuel efficiency and increase…

ABB has won an order from Rickmers Group in Germany to supply energy and fleet management systems for five multi-purpose vessels.