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Farstad Supply AS, a wholly owned company of Farstad Shipping ASA, has signed a contract with Aker Langsten AS, Tomrefjord, in Norway, for delivery of an anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS)…

India and France have signed a $3.5 billion contract for construction of six Scorpene submarines in India. The Indian Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the submarines will be built…

India and France have signed a $3.5 billion contract for construction of six Scorpene submarines in India. The Indian Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the submarines will be built…

MAN B&W Diesel is to supply complete twin-screw medium speed propulsion packages for six 120 tonne bollard pull Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS). The vessels will be built at the Batam,…

Hanjin Shipping will construct ship repair joint venture in China. The shipping company said that it will invest $ 2 million to secure 50% share of the joint venture. An unknown shipping…

Norway's Eidesvik Offshore ASA group has ordered a second Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of Vik Sandvik's innovative, superstructure aft AVANT design at a cost of $48.6 million. The new VS493 GASS AVANT…

Talks have started that could bring an end to a dispute that is halting ship repair work at the former Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead. The owner of the site, Reddington Finance,…

Wärtsilä Corporation has been awarded contracts with a total value of above 50 million EUR, by Keppel FELS Ltd in Singapore for 32 diesel generating sets to power four jack-up rigs and…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has developed a new scaffolding system for LNG tanks. The ever increasing orderbook for LNG carriers had led the shipbuilder to develop the new scaffolding for which a patent has…

ET Marine in the UK has launched its own air quality monitor to measure sulphur dioxide (SO2) emitted by ships? engines ahead of a new IMO technical code for the emission of…

The American classification society, ABS, has broken through the 120million gross ton mark to establish a new all time fleet record. ABS has benefited from the current active newbuilding market and a…

Nippon Yusen K.K., the largest Japanese shipping line, plans to order 20 new LNG carriers by 2010 and use five or six tankers for spot contracts, a change in strategy that may…

Singapore-based SembCorp Marine has secured a $144 million rig building contract from Norway's Awilco Offshore ASA. Under the deal, PPL Shipyard will construct a deep drilling offshore jack-up rig. Construction of the…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore VI K/S, a company within the Island Offshore Group in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a UT 776 E platform supply vessel. The value…

NQEA in Queensland, Australia, has finalised the $7 million sale of its Queensland Marine and Industrial (QMI) to Brisbane-based Viking Industries. NQEA has now sold QMI, trading as Cairns Slipways, as well…

Carnival Corporation has assigned a previously ordered 112,000gt cruise ship to its Carnival Cruise Lines brand. The 3,006-passenger ship, to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, is expected to enter service in…

Aker Drilling has awarded Aker Kvaerner a turn-key contract for the delivery of two sixth-generation deepwater drilling semi-submersibles with an option for another two rigs by 2010. The two drilling rigs are…

The Japanese government is interested in building a 4000-tonne slipway in Fiji next year, a project that is expected to save and generate millions of dollars for the Fijian government. The nation's…

The OECD said negotiations between 26 governments on an agreement to tackle market-distorting measures in the shipbuilding industry have been halted. The negotiations, involving OECD members and non-member countries which together account…

Keppel Singmarine in Singapore received orders for four offshore support vessels(OSVs) and two tugboats for about $46 million. The vessels will be progressively delivered to their owners up to first half of…

Cunard?s ?Queen Mary 2? (QM2) will arrive in Hamburg at Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH on November 8 for maintenance and repair work. The QM2, which was built in 2003, will go…

Italian classification society and certification group RINA and the China Classification Society (CCS) have joined forces to deliver quality management system expertise to small and medium-size Chinese shipyards which intend to build…

MOL will be undertaking an aggressive expansion of its tanker fleet, including introduction of the newest double-hull MR-type 1 product tankers. The move is part of MOL?s mid-term management strategy calling for…