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STX Shipbuilding clinched four 38,000 dwt product carriers from MISC at a total cost of $190 million for delivery from 2009 to 2010.

In the covered building dock of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, the first of a total of 67 steel blocks of the new 93,500 gt cruise vessel for Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) was…

Vinashin officials said that hot weather caused the failure to launch the 10,500 dwt ?Sun Island? tweendecker dry cargo ship at its Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city.The 110 metre…

Government owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)is planning to spend around $1.4 billion on acquisition of 35 vessels in 2006/07. The company, which already owns around 82 ships mostly bulkers and tankers,…

Iranian shipbuilder SADRA is reported to have signed a deal with Belgium's Exmar to build 10 LNG carriers to export Iranian liquefied natural gas even though Iran's efforts so far to produce…

NYK Line in Japan has ordered a 90,000DWT bulk carrier from Oshima Shipbuilding for delivery of March 2007. Ship particulars are 235m in length and 43m in breadth. When delivered, the new…

The Canadian navy hopes that the new supply ships the government is planning to buy will be built in the country. Rear Admiral Dan McNeil said the Joint Support Ships contract, expected…

The Venezuelan state oil firm Pdvsa's marine affiliate PDV Marina is initialing a purchase agreement to buy from Brazilian shipyard Eisa Maua Jurong eight Panamax tankers and two others products tankers. Negotiations…

Admiralty Shipyard in Russia recently launched the product tanker ?Tavrichesky Bridge? built to the order of Sovcomflot JS?. The 47,400 dwt newbuilding is 182.5 metres long, 32.5 metres wide, and has a…

Golden Ocean Group exercised an option for a third ice-class Panamax tanker at Jiangsu Rong Sheng Heavy Industries. The 75,000dwt vessel will be delivered during 2008 at a cost of $34.5m.

Aker Yards and Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. The plans will contribute to an increased steel- and shipbuilding…

The Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast is seeking to enter the ?green recycling? market, after applying for a licence to scrap ships and offshore installations.The yard, which built the ?Titanic?, has…

The Sevmash naval shipyard and Russia's Atomic Power Agency signed a contract to build the world's first floating nuclear reactor. The $336 million reactor will be built by the Sevmash plant in…

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd is the builder of the LNG carriers, considered the most technologically demanding ship. The ship, costing US$160 million, is 292 meters long and 43.35 meters wide.…

The Saudi Arabian shipping company National Chemical Carriers (NCC) awarded a $300 million contract for six 45,000 dwt chemical tankers to Shina Shipbuilding of Korea for delivery in 2009-10. The six newbuildings…

ABG Shipyard in Surat, India, has bagged a $21 million order for construction of a diving support vessel, from Netherlands-based Vroon Offshore BV. The contract includes an option for a similar vessel.…

Zim, the Israeli shipping company, has ordered eight container ships, four 8,200 TEU and four 10,000 TEU vessels, from the Hyundai Shipyards in Korea. The deal is worth $1 billion and Zim…

Aker Yard's Rauma shipyard in Finland recently christened the first of three ice class 1A Super containerships ordered by Baltic Container Shipping and is to be managed by Rederi AB TransAtlanti. The…

MOL (Mitsui OSK Line) has announced plans to construct 43 new iron ore carriers to meet anticipated long-term growth in demand for ore transport. In a construction period from April 2006 until…

Australian fast ferry builder Incat has won orders for two 112m long craft from Japan?s Libera Corp.Incat?s largest units to date, the two new catamarans, for delivery in June 2007 and mid…

Wärtsilä has announced that it is to supply machinery to two ro-ro passenger ferries and a cruise ferry.The two ro-ro ferries are high-speed units for Norwegian company Color Line AS, building at…

Pakistan has placed a $ 600-million defence deal with China, which includes construction of four F-22P frigates for the Pakistani Navy, upgrading of the Karachi dockyard and transfer of technology for indigenous…

The Baltic Sea became a Sulphur Oxide Emission Control Area (SECA) as from 19 May 2006. Ships entering the Baltic Sea are now required only to use marine fuels with a sulphur…