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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to propose a recreational marine diesel rule that could require large yacht builders to install exhaust after-treatment on all future yacht designs. Aware such…

The German shipbuilder Nordseewerke, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has handed over the 2,700 TEU feeder container ship ?Nona? to the Meerbusch-based shipping company GEBAB. The owner of the ship is…

Samsung Heavy Industries won an order for a drill ship from a ship owner in Africa at a cost of $554 million. Delivery is slated for October 2009.

California is on the verge of blazing a new environmental path with the toughest restrictions in the nation on exotic clams, crabs and other non-native aquatic species that harm river and Bay…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has clinches two 105,000DWT tankers from the Belgian shipping group Conti Lines. They will be delivered during 2009.

Remontowa shipyard in Poland reports that the christening took place on August 14th of the 120 tonnes bollard pull AHTS de Moulin Tide, which has since undertaken sea trials for customer Tidewater…

Crowley Maritime Corporation?s Vessel Management Services subsidiary has signed a contract with VT Halter Marine Inc. to build four more articulated tug-barges (ATB), 185,000-barrel tank vessels. The new vessels will have an…

The naming ceremony was held for another two large container ships for E.R. Schiffahrt at the Hyundai shipyard in Samho, South Korea. The two Super-Post-Panamax vessels each have a capacity of 8,204…

Barring another last-minute reprieve, Canada's oldest and most illustrious shipyard will be liquidated in a dockside auction beginning 23 October. Items for sale include shops, cranes, trucks, and memorabilia from its 181-year…

Aker Yards is to build two cruise vessels for Norwegian Cruise Line, with an option for a third. The value of the two vessels is EUR 1,470 million ($1,869 million) and they…

Seadrill has been awarded a letter of intent by an E&P operator in the Gulf of Mexico for the semi-submersible drilling rig West Sirius (Jurong 1). The contract has a firm duration…

Trico Marine Services, Inc. has signed an agreement to build two GPA 640, 64.6 metre offshore supply vessels (OSV) for a total cost of approximately $35 million. The vessels will have diesel…

A French naval shipyard wants to sell the Canadian navy (RCN) a maintenance formula designed to ensure its troubled submarine fleet spends more time at sea. Direction des Constructions Navales, known as…

Plans by the Norwegian group Umoe Industri to merge its lifeboat and davit subsidiary Umoe Schat-Harding with Bergen-based equipment manufacturer TTS Marine ASA have been cancelled. Umoe has called off the proposed…

Australian fast-vessel builder Austal Ships Pty Ltd. has prolonged its long-standing technical and commercial partnership with the classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL). The agreement was extended for the fourth time in the…

The Outfitting Design Team of Daewoo Shipbuilding carried out a drawing review of a 3-dimensional model using a CAD program together with representatives of A.P. Moller. The review was of vessel designs,…

The Dung Quat shipyard in Vietnam has imported 1,500 tonnes of steel, the first shipment of steel plates for the construction of a 100,000 dwt oil tanker. This newbuilding will be the…

?HMS Clyde?, the first ship to be built in Portsmouth Naval Base for nearly 40 years, will be named at VT Shipbuilding?s facilities on Thursday, 7 September. The Royal Navy?s new 80…

The Polish government has now provided the EU with details of government subsidies for shipyards after a warning that failure to do so could force the EU to demand the yards repay…

Exmar, the Belgian gas tanker operator with a diversified fleet of 50 ships, has successfully carried out the first commercial ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of LNG. A total of 20,650m³ of LNG was…

Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a $95.8 million contract for the detail design of the US Navy's 21st century DDG 1000, formerly called the DD(X), destroyer. The contract, to be performed…

Korean shipbuilders' earnings are forecast to improve through 2008 and beyond as the tight supply and demand balance allows them to pass on rising costs, said US-based investment bank Lehman Brothers in…

The Polish government said it will revise plans for restructuring its shipyards, seeking to save 16,000 jobs. Under pressure from the European Commission, Poland said it will come up with a new…