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Aker Yards and the Estonian Tallink Group have signed a contract for the building of a fast passenger ferry for delivery in spring 2007, worth around $134.5 million. The contract includes an…

Talks are set to begin soon on Qatar's new LNG tanker procurement program. Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. II (Qatargas II), which plans to charter 6 to 8 large-size LNG carriers, said that…

Austal Ships has delivered to a private owner the ?Electra? for operation in the Bahamas.With the initial design brief heavily based on carrying and deploying a 9 metre, twin engine RIB, ?Electra?…

Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) signed letters of intent with Modec Inc., Houston, to supply a floating production, storage, and offloading platform (FPSO) and a floating storage, and offloading vessel (FSO)…

Alaska?s second fast vehicle ferry, ?Chenega?, sailed from Auke Bay yesterday, en route to Prince William Sound, where it will serve the communities of Cordova, Valdez, and Whittier. The ferry, built by…

A group company consisting of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K"Line), together with its Indonesian consortium partner, PT. Pelayaran Nusantara Meratus (PNM), has executed three 20-year long-term charter agreements for three new LNG…

The U.S. Navy unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation over the next few years, in which traditional paper nautical charts will be replaced with advanced, interactive, electronic navigation…

Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation Ltd., the world's top builder of offshore oil rigs, is set for a 28% quarterly profit rise on Thursday as rig orders boom and oil refining returns improve.More…

Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) has invited bids to build four LNG carriers, two of which will be ice classed, to carry 3.5 million tonnes of LNG from 2008. The LNG carriers will…

Germanischer Lloyd has taken first place in the current evaluation of all statutory inspections of ships during the past year within the scope of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Port State Control).…

Japan has announced it will abandon plans to put into service the world's fastest passenger ship, which cost $103 million to build, due to predicted operating deficits.The Techno Superliner (TSL), which has…

Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has purchased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of…

Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard has been undergoing a quiet revolution bringing with it the promise of new prosperity. The latest contract the yard has landed is to fabricate and assemble components…

Visakhapatnam-based National Ship Design and Research Centre (NSDRC) has asked Indian shipyards to set up green field shipyards in deep water ports because the country will be requiring an additional 1.78 million…

Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan is rumoured to have secured an order for two 550,000 cft reefer ships from a Japanese ship owner. They will be delivered in November 2007 and March 2008.…

Russian shipbuilding experts are willing to offer Libya assistance in creating greater capacities at existing shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards. The Central Research Institute of Shipbuilding Technology in Russia plans to set up…

Aker Yards has signed a contract worth approximately $31.2 million to build a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the Aker PSV 09 DE design. The 88 metre long 4,850 DWT newbuilding will…

Dutch shipping company Normed International has declared their options at Daehan, South Korea, for a further two 10,000 DWT, 687 TEU multi-purpose general cargo vessels, part of a potential series of ten,…

North of England P&I club has published a graphic new safety poster to remind its members of the age-old danger to crewmembers caused by the continuing need to work at height on…

The Kwazulu-Natal-based heavy engineering firm Duys Engineering has received accreditation for a shipbuilding initiative under the outgoing Strategic Industrial Project (SIP) tax-incentive scheme. CEO Henk Duys believes that there are immense possibilities…

China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) has delivered 2.87 million tonnes of new ships in the first half of 2005, up 61% on last year. Nearly 80% of the newbuildings were for export.…

With four years of service supporting the operations of the US Marine Corps, the 101 metre aluminium catamaran ?WestPac Express?, built by the Australian shipyard Austal, has been re-chartered by the US…

NorseMerchant Ferries has introduced its latest Ro-Pax ferry, Lagan Viking on its Irish Sea route between Birkenhead and Belfast. The first of two 26,500 GT sisterships being built by the Italian shipbuilder…