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Carnival Corporation has exercised an option for a new 130,000gt cruise ship for its Carnival Cruise Lines brand at an estimated all-in cost of $740 million.The new 3,652 lower passenger berth capacity…

Jinling Shipyard in China is rumoured to have won an order for eight 17,700DWT multi purpose ships from Spliethoff in the Netherlands. They will be delivered from November 2008 to December 2009.…

NACKS in China delivered a 300,000DWT VLCC to Cosco named ?Cosmerry Lake?. Ship particulars are 333m in length, 60m in breadth and 29.5m in depth.

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has awarded Stavanger-based Prosafe a charter contract for the supply and operation of a gas FPSO to operate offshore Brazil. The firm period of the contract is nine…

The strategic independence of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has been saved following a shareholders' meeting. The executive board of the Hamburg-based classification society announced the successful defence against the hostile takeover bid by…

India is looking to acquire up to seven stealth frigates, along with some level of joint development and technology transfer. The Request for Information (RFI) has reportedly been issued to about 12…

Venezuela's state oil company (PDVSA) has signed a deal with Brazilian industrial conglomerates Eisa and Maua Jurong to build ten oil tankers in Venezuela. The joint venture will produce at least eight…

India is to begin assembling Franco-Spanish Scorpene attack submarines as part of plan to boost its naval power and military-industrial know-how. Production started this week at the Mumbai-based Mazagaon Dock naval shipyard.…

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has presented a paper to IMO?s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) advising that current proposals relating to the mandatory supply and carriage of Material Safety Data Sheets…

Wärtsilä in Finland and the German company Becker Marine Systems have entered into a co-operation agreement on the optimization of ship propulsion systems. Hamburg-based Becker Marine Systems has annual net sales of…

The number of 110,000dwt Aframax crude oil tankers currently under construction for Navigazione Montanari S.p.A. has risen to six.The Italian company has commissioned the construction of another two 110,000dwt crude oil tankers…

Keppel Singmarine in Singapore has clinched a $88 million contract to build a Floating Storage Offloading system (FSO) unit for Lukoil ?Nizhnevolzhskneft (LUKOIL-NVN), a subsidiary of the Russian oil company, Lukoil Oil…

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Aluminum Chambered Boats, Inc. (ACB), both in the US, have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore future combat system requirements and capabilities for the U.S. Navy's anticipated…

Islamic Republic of Iran?s Shipping Lines (IRISL) is negotiating with Iran Marine Industrial Co. (SADRA) over the building of four general cargo ships. The National Iranian Tanker Co., Caspian Oil Co. as…

Bulgarian shipbuilder MTG Delfin has opened a new shipyard in the port of Varna, on the Black Sea. The 7.9 ha. Region 2 shipbuilding and repair facility, the second in the Varna…

Frontline has declared an option with COSCO Shipyard, China, to convert ?Front Target? to a heavy-lift vessel. The conversion will begin in May 2007, and completion is expected in August 2007. By…

South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries has secured a $260 million order from Emarat Maritime in the UAE for four 114,000DWT tankers. These 250m long crude oil carriers will be delivered by the…

Jurong Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SembCorp Marine in Singapore, has signed a contract with Noble Drilling Holding LLC of the US, to construct, convert and outfit a new ultra-deepwater dynamically positioned…

Emden based shipbuilder Nordseewerke, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has won the contract to build two revenue cutters for the Procurement Agency of the German Federal Customs Administration. The first vessel…

The Genoa-based cruise operator Costa Crociere has confirmed an option with Fincantieri for a 92,700 gt cruiseship for delivery in March 2010. This newbuilding will be the second of two sister ships…

Fosnavag-based Rem Offshore in Norway has placed a contract with Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik for the construction of an offshore supply vessel. The vessel is a Multi Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) of…

The second ocean-going ropax ship was launched at the Baltic Shipyard JSC and delivered to Stena. Named "Stena Transformer", this is the second in a two-ship series with the lead-ship "Stena Trader"…

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding in China recently launched a 300,000 DWT FPSO capable of loading or off-loading 190,000 barrels of crude oil a day. It was designed and built by the Shanghai based…