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The first step towards initializing the Technological Improvement Program (TIP) aimed at boosting the Brazilian shipbuilding industry was taken with the signing of an agreement worth approximately $14.6 million between the government,…

Moran Towing Corp has awarded Manitowoc Marine Group a follow-on contract for the construction of two ocean-class, double-hull, hot oil tank barges. The vessels, which will be built by subsidiary Bay Shipbuilding…

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has won a $48 million contract to build an oceanographic ship for the National Institute of Ocean Technology of Madras, India. The 104 metres long and 18 metres wide…

ABG Shipyard in Mumbai is building three `Special Pollution Control Vessels` for the Indian Coast Guard at an estimated cost of $86 million. These vessels are equipped with oil spill response solutions.…

SeaDrill in Norway recently declared its option to build a second semi-submersible ultra deepwater drilling rig at Daewoo Shipbuilding in Korea. The rig is of the design GVA-7500-N and is fully capable…

Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark delivered its latest newbuilding, Gerd Maersk, for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. This is the fifth vessel in a new series of technologically advanced 6,600 TEU…

In its bid to cater to the international ship repair demand, private sector shipyard ABG Shipyard is planning to acquire ship repair facilities in the key shipping routes? network, including Singapore and…

The Finnish dry bulk cargo carrier ESL Shipping Oy, a subsidiary of Helsinki-based Aspo Plc, has placed a contract for two new ice-strengthened bulk carriers from the Indian shipbuilder ABG Shipyard. Expanding…

Northern Lighthouse Board?s new multi function tender ?Pharos? was launched recently at the Gdansk Stocznia Remontowa S.A. yard, Poland. On completion later this year in October, the 84.20 metre long new vessel…

China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-biggest shipbuilding country in terms of orders according to a Hong-Kong based source. China received orders totaling 7 million cgt (compensated gross tonnes) last…

Royal Caribbean International (RCCL) has ordered a new generation cruise vessel from Aker Yards. The contract price is around ?900m ($1.08 billion), the most valuable ship ever ordered in the history of…

Rolls-Royce has unveiled the latest design in its family of coastal protection vessels at the Pacific 2006 exhibition in Sydney, Australia. Navies, coastguards and public agencies are increasingly interested in ships which…

Fincantieri?s shipyard in Marghera (Venice) has delivered the cruise ship "Noordam", ordered by Holland America Line, a brand of Carnival Corporation, the world?s leading cruise operator.The newbuilding is the last of four…

The creditors of struggling shipyard Ladjedelnica Izola have backed a proposal to send the company into administration in order to bring it out of its debts. The measure was proposed by the…

KEPPEL Philippines Marine Inc said its Singaporean shareholder, Keppel Shipyard Ltd, has agreed to sell all its 584.97 million shares in Keppel Philippines to KS Investment Pte Ltd.KS Investment will end up…

The MAN B&W Diesel Group is launching a new four-stroke engine onto the market that not only burns both gas and MDO (Marine Diesel Oil), but can also run long-term on pure…

The San Diego-based NASSCO shipyard has received another order from the US Navy to build another T-AKE class logistic support supply vessel. This will be the ninth unit for the Navy and…

Ulstein Verft has signed a contract with Olympic Shipping in Fosnavåg, Norway, for a large P101 multipurpose platform supply vessel designed by Ulstein Design. The new vessel is hull number 278 at…

Moscow-based Sovcomflot and Admiralty Shipyards have signed a contract for the construction of three 47,400 DWT product carriers which extends this series of product carriers to 9 vessels. The seventh and the…

The privately owned Indian shipbuilder ABG Shipyard has secured a contract worth $30 million for the construction of three 90 tonne bollard pull Anchor Handling Tugs from Lamnalco of Cyprus. The shipbuilder…

The Tasmanian fast ferry shipbuilder Incat hopes to expand its staff by several hundred following an approach by a European client and another for two 112-metre cats from a Japanese company, with…

GT North of England P&I club is warning shipowners to start preparing now for the introduction of stringent new international and national ballast regulations. The club has just published a detailed analysis…

Diana Shipping, the Athens-based transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, has taken delivery of a new Panamax bulk carrier, the ?Coronis?, from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai China. The ?Coronis? is a…