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?Iran Bojnurd?, the second of six Panamax bulk carriers ordered by Iran from the Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard, has been launched in Shanghai. The first of the ordered ships, named ?Iran Tabas?,…

Russe, the Bulgarian shipbuilder, recently launched its latest newbuilding. Ordered by the German ship owner, Briese Schiffahrts, the ?Ditzum? is a dry cargo vessel measuring 100m long and 14m wide and is…

Cosco in China is rumoured to place new order of two 76,000DWT bulk carriers with a local shipbuilders at a price of $35.25 million each for delivery in 2008. In addition, P.…

There are three ultra-sized cruise vessels for Royal Caribbean Cruises in Aker Yards“ orderbook and the first of them, "Freedom of the Seas" was floated out today in Finland. "Seeing a new…

Hanjin Heavy Industries had its profit reduced for the first half this year. The shipbuilder earned $1.05 billion in turnover compared with $870 million during the same period last year. The Busan-based…

The Singapore-based ASL Marine Holdings, an integrated marine company with shipyards in Singapore and Batam, Indonesia, has today announced that it has entered into contracts with several subcontractors and supplier to expand…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has declared its intention to enter into foreign oil filed development. The shipbuilder said that it will participate in the Korea Oil Corporation led consortium which is involved in oil…

Shinsung Shipping in South Korea placed an order for five 6,700DWT steel carriers with Mokpo Shipbuilding for delivery by 2007. Shinsung said that the new order is to cope with increasing demand…

American defence contractor Halliburton is selling its controversial offshore facility in the north of Scotland. Its UK subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), confirmed it had put the site at Nigg in…

Sealion Shipping?s subsidiary, Toisa, has placed an order with the Wuchang Shipyard in China for the building of three very large DP platform supply vessels. These three new vessels are to be…

Solstad Offshore ASA has entered into an agreement with Ulstein Verft AS to build a large construction service vessel. The new vessel will have a length of 130 m and width of…

Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately NOK 150 million with Olympic Shipping to build a Platform Supply Vessel of the MT 6009 design, a Marin Teknikk design, at a cost…

The EU research project "AMBIO" is investigating how to prevent the build up of organisms on surfaces under marine conditions, for example on ships? hulls. Scientists from BASF are collaborating on this…

Lifeboat manufacturer Schat-Harding has agreed with Statoil to recall six of its FF1000S skid-launched freefall lifeboats for strengthening beyond SOLAS requirements. In service tests show that SOLAS requirements may need modifying for…

Asia's major shipyards and international shipowners are heading for a clash, as the latter appear reluctant to place new orders unless prices go down. Shipyards, on the other hand, have no intention…

It has emerged that the Clyde-based Ferguson shipyard reportedly went to great lengths in its failed bid to win a vital contract from the Scottish Executive. The closure-threatened Port Glasgow yard made…

Slowing military contract work will force Northrop Grumman Corp. to slash 400 jobs from its shipyard in Bridge City and 500 jobs from its other plants in Louisiana and Mississippi by the…

Australia picked U.S. naval architect Gibbs and Cox as its preferred designer for a A$4.6 billion project to build a new generation of air warfare destroyers, one of the country?s biggest ever…

Kelvin Hughes (KH), part of Smiths Marine Systems, is proud to announce yet another world first having successfully achieved approval from QinetiQ, the UK Government?s nominated body for Type Approval of marine…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding, a company within the Island Offshore Group (IOG) in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a 5,000 DWT UT 776 E platform supply vessel.…

SeaDrill Ltd is in discussion with major yards with respect to building a harsh environment semi-submersible rig with further options for delivery of the first unit in first quarter 2008. A clarification…

Ras Laffan Natural Gas Co. (RasGas) in Qatar has awarded five Japanese firms a joint contract to ship LNG from Qatar to the US. The contract is the firms' first for transport…