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Doha-based Halul Offshore Service Company (HOSC) received their latest new anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS), the Halul 24, which was built by Bharati Shipyard in India. This vessel is the first…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has developed a new membrane LNG scaffolding system based on modular design. Until now, the shipbuilder has used 256 scaffolding units when installing the membrane containment system in LNG…

A new set of guidelines is now available summing up all the steps necessary to design, create, inspect and repair all types of bonded joints in ships. Cruise ships and other high-tech…

According to an exclusive report by Fairplay, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) is to make recommendations to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that revisions be made to the ISM Code in particular…

The European Commission is still awaiting details from Poland on government subsidies for shipyards after warning Warsaw that failure to reply could force the EU to demand the troubled yards repay the…

Daewoo Shipbuilding clinched a DPP (Drilling and Production Platform) from Chevron Corp valued at $1.27 billion. The 85,000 tonne DPP will be the world?s largest offshore plant order in terms of value…

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is expanding in Europe and Latin America by purchasing Pullmantur, the largest cruise ship operator in Spain with five cruise ships.In addition to its cruise ships, Pullmantur has…

Nordcapital Holding in Hamburg, Germany, and Aker Yards have signed a contract to build another two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) of the type UT 755 LN. The two newbuildings are scheduled for…

Hyundai Corporation has completed the slipway construction of Qingdao Hyundai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, an acquired shipyard in China, and announced its mid- to long-term development plan. The newly constructed ?number four? slipway…

The future of Poland's shipyards featured high in the Polish prime minister?s meeting and press conference with EC president Jose Manuel Barroso. The issue is one of the most contentious in strained…

Korea Development Bank (KDB), a top shareholder in Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME), will announce in early 2007 a plan to sell the world's No. 2 shipbuilder, the bank's governor said…

Dolphin Offshore Enterprise (DOE) in Mumbai, India, is in negotiations with three Gujarat-based companies to acquire a shipyard. DOE is having discussion with Gujarat government owned Alcock Ashdown besides two privately held…

Northrop Grumman has received orders to supply bridge navigation and communication electronics for a new offshore fisheries patrol vessel under construction for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA). The equipment, to be…

Aker Yards ASA has signed contracts worth a combined $96 million with Island Offshore in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver two new oil services vessels. The contracts are for a 78.3 metre UT…

Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. (CSE) will seek government money, cut labour costs and restructure before resorting to a sales process if necessary, the monitor overseeing its bankruptcy protection said in court…

Norway's Teco Management has failed to meet the conditions for the purchase of the struggling Davie Industries shipyard in Canada and the trustees behind the facility say it will be liquidated. Thibault…

Bureau Veritas (BV) has joined forces with the growing Vietnam Register (VR)and have agreed to co-operate on the following services:classification/certification surveys of construction, transformation and major repairs of vessels and offshore structures,…

The Saigon Shipbuilding and Maritime Industry Company (Saigon Shipmarin) signed a contract with Japan's Kanematsu Corp. to build two 6,500-tonne general cargo vessels. These are the first vessels that the shipyard, a…

The Singapore shipbuilder Pan-United Marine has won two shipbuilding contracts worth $25 million from Malaysia's leading offshore fleet operator Bumi Armada Navigation. The contracts involve the construction of two maintenance work vessels…

The future of Poland?s shipyards was called into doubt yesterday in a stand-off between Brussels and Warsaw over hundreds of millions of euros of state aid. Neelie Kroes, EU competition commissioner, has…

Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co in South Korea has received an order to build two 3,100 TEU container vessels from A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S for $124 million. The ships will be delivered…

The United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has signed a contract with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Company Limited (HHI) to build eight 6,500 TEU container ships at a cost of $835 million.…