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Daehan Shipbuilding in Korea clinched a 10,000 DWT multi-purpose vessel from the Dutch-based Normed Line with delivery of 2007. The company had previously ordered five similar units from the same yard with…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won three 47,000DWT product carriers valued at $138 million from a Liberian shipowner for delivery from 2007 to July 2008. Choi Kil Sun, president and CEO of the South…

The UK-based company, Kittwake, has introduced the ANALEXrs remote sensor range, a new set of instrumentation designed to put lubricant and machine condition information in the hands of the engineer, real-time. Ideal…

Erie Shipbuilding in Pennsylvania, USA, is up and running and more details are emerging about its plans. The shipyard was formerly leased by Metro Machine and is a joint venture between Van…

The New Szczecin Shipyard (SSN), which was formed on the basis of the bankrupt Porta Holding, has finally managed to obtain a loan without any guarantees from the state. "We have signed…

The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (formerly known as The Society of Naval Architects of Japan) has awarded its 15th ?Ship Of the Year 2004? award to the ?Hamanasu?,…

Singapore?s Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has won a $24.7 million contract from Norway's Belden Shipping Group to build a 20,200 dwt cement carrier. The Singapore-based shipbuilder, a subsidiary of Labroy Marine Limited,…

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has inked a contract with Subic Drydock Corp for the construction of a ship repair facility which involves bringing back a former US naval base?s floating…

The US-based Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to retrofit new-generation navigation radars on more than 100 German Navy warships. Northrop Grumman?s U.K.-based Sperry Marine business unit was awarded a $4.3 million…

A 2,700 TEU containership built at Blohm+Voss, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, was recently launched as the ?Cosco Panama?. GEBAB (Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Betreuung privater Investitionen mbH, Meerbusch) is the…

The state of Gujarat in north western India is emerging as a major centre for ship building, with the Adani group, ABG Shipyard and IL&FS submitting their proposals worth Rs 2,600 crore…

Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding secured an order for a 100,000 dwt FPSO from China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Ship particulars are 232.5m in length, 46m in breadth and 24.1m in depth and delivery…

Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) has awarded South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard a contract for five high specification double hulled product/chemical tankers for delivery during 2006/2007. The contract, valued at approximately $180…

In his report on the accounts for the year ended 30 June, 2005, Lloyd?s Register Chairman David Moorhouse has announced that Group income rose by 1.4% to £371.8 million on the back…

Just when they thought things could not get better, the owners of Farocean Marine, a private shipbuilding company in Cape Town, have landed a $15 million contract.This after they, in the face…

Chevron, with partner Kerr-McGee, has awarded Aker Kvaerner, Inc. the semi submersible hull and mooring system contract for their Blind Faith project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract has a total…

Taiwan Maritime Transportation has submitted an expression of interest in bidding for the privatization of China Shipbuilding Corporation, the Taiwan government owned shipyard. It is believed that TMT was the only bidder…

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract for the delivery of design and equipment for an oil well intervention vessel that will allow operations previously only done from rigs or platforms. The Norwegian…

Samsung Heavy Industries has detected faults that can cause gas leakages in an LNG carrier it has built for the BG Group. However, the company has made it clear that it has…

Bergesen Worldwide Gas ASA (BW Gas) has finalised agreements with Suez LNG Trading SA for two LNG vessels for a period of 20 years. These vessels will be used to transport LNG…

The British Nuclear Group (BNG) has placed an order with the Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering to design and build a new INF 3 class nuclear waste vessel for the Pacific Nuclear Transport…

ESNAAD, a wholly owned ADNOC principal service company who provide offshore support services to oil operating companies and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), one of the major shipbuilding facilities in the region,…

Aker Yards and DOF ASA have agreed to build a platform supply vessel (PSV) worth approximately $33 million. The Aker designed vessel is scheduled for delivery in April 2007 from Aker Yards…