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The dream of a transcontinental pipeline carrying water from Australias wet north to the drought-stricken southern cities appears all but dead. Rising from its ashes is a proposal to ship water from…

GE - Marine reports that it has completed a major milestone in the three-year marine development and type-testing program on its LM2500+G4 aero-derivative gas turbine. The engine performed flawlessly during high-power demonstration…

Italian classification society RINA has classed the first of Sunseeker?s new 37 metre motor yachts. The Snapper is the largest and most ambitious build in Sunseeker?s history and is the largest semi-custom…

ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, the largest private sector shipyard in India, has bagged a $229 million order from Singapore-based Pacific First Shipping Pte for 12 vessels. The order is for the construction…

The USA shipbuilder Bath Iron Works (BIW), a General Dynamics? (GD) subsidiary, is not affected by a stop-work order on the Navy's program to build a new generation of fast manoeuvrable warships.…

Samsung Heavy Industries, the world's second largest shipyard, more than doubled its fourth-quarter profit as it built more vessels at higher prices. Net income surged to 76.2 billion won ($81million) in the…

Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding (QHS) recently held a naming ceremony for a 2,600 DWT general cargo carrier ordered by Mirai Shipping Inc. The vessel named ?Mirai Astro? measures 80m in length, 13.6m in…

Three well established offshore, ship and tug design and technical consulting companies have joined forces to provide a major new one-stop resource for oil companies, offshore operators, tug owners, ports and shipyards.…

Yesterday, Fincantieri floated out the new Cunarder, ?Queen Victoria?, at its Venice-Marghera shipyard. Scheduled for delivery by the end of 2007, the 90,000 GT cruise ship will be one of the largest…

Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire who owns Chelsea Football club, is getting himself a new yacht. It will be the largest privately owned yacht in the world.The ?Eclipse?, currently taking shape at…

2006 was an extremely busy one for Colombo Dockyard Limited (CDL) while 2007 is set to be even busier, having executed many prestigious shipbuilding and ship repair contracts against stiff international competition…

Leading Indian shipping majors have been short-listed by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for its mega tender for 30 offshore support vessels. Great Eastern Shipping-promoted Greatship India (GIL), GE Shipping?s…

The US Navy ordered Lockheed Martin to stop work on a $260 million littoral combat ship (LCS) after the company warned of a significant cost increase that has also spurred the service…

Alaska Ship & Drydock (ASD) in Ketchikan is getting ready to start construction of an unusual vessel called the 'E-craft?. Now officially named the ?Susitna?, the E-Craft is an experimental prototype being…

Crowley Maritime Corporation in the US has christened Marty J, the first of three Heavy Lift 455 Series barges under construction at Gunderson Marine in Portland, Oregon. The three 123 metre by…

The propeller, which is the largest in Russian shipbuilding history, has a diameter of 8.20 m and was manufactured at the naval shipyard 'Zvezdochka' in the city of Severodvinsk. Made in stainless…

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries received an order from Irano Hind Shipping Co. of Iran for a 159,000 dwt crude oil tanker. The Suezmax will measure 274m in length, 48m in width and…

SLS Shipbuilding in South Korea won an order for four 51,000DWT product carriers from ST Shipping & Transport in Singapore. They will be delivered from 2008 to early 2009. The new order…

Aker Yards is taking a strategic position in the fast growing Asian market for offshore vessels by setting up a shipyard in Vietnam. The shipyard will be a joint venture between Aker…

Dutch firm Rensen Beheer, specialising in building and selling fluvial vessels, sold its entire 16.8% stake in Orsova Shipyard (SNO) in Romania according to Constantin Badoiu, general manager of the SNO. Badoiu…

Halifax Capital Bhd in Malaysia has won a shipbuilding contract worth about $23.2 million from PT Kasih Industri Indonesia. Under the deal, the company would supply four sets of tugs and barges…

Portchester-based VT Halmatic has told workers that up to 130 of the 270-strong workforce could be made redundant. The business has been under threat for some months and has now announced it…