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Wärtsilä has signed a letter of intent with China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) to set up a 50/50 joint venture to manufacture marine auxiliary engines in China. The location of the new…

Kongsberg Maritime's first installed AutoChief C20 propulsion control system has successfully completed sea trials. The main engine remote control system received its stamp of approval from Hyundai in Korea on 26 January…

A from Monday, workers in Malta?s shipyard will work to rule. The General Workers Union (GWU) said that it ordered the dispute after the ultimatum it gave to the management to sign…

Chinese shipbuilders are having to incur a sharp increase in thick steel plate price. According to China Steel Industry association, the price per tonne of thick steel plate produced by Chinese steelmakers…

Analysts in Singapore are forecasting robust growth and earnings this year from local shipyards which are claimed to be achieving global leadership in the offshore marine sector. The two biggest players, SembCorp…

As an international partner to the iNavSat consortium, Kongsberg Maritime has played a key role in the maritime activities of Galileo Concession bid, which will be evaluated by the European Commission (EC)…

The former head of Matson Navigation Company, C. Bradley Mulholland, is involved in the launch of a new shipping company in the Hawaiian islands that will undercut shipping prices by 12%. He…

Wärtsilä will extend its range of marine reduction gears and begin manufacturing these products in Khopoli, India. Production will start on the same site as Wärtsilä?s existing factory. The value of the…

During 2006, the St. Maarten Shipyard in the Caribbean, will complete a modernisation programme, which will expand the facilities into a top class mega yacht repair yard. The new facilities will comprise…

A development kit unlocking the modeling expertise that has placed British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) at the forefront of manoeuvring simulation software for nearly three decades was unveiled today by BMT SeaTech…

The British government has been accused of trying to keep secret an £84m cash lifeline to the troubled shipyard of Swan Hunter in the north-east of England and which is located near…

P&O?s cruise liner Aurora, which recently suffered serious propulsion problems causing the abandonment of its world cruise last week, is heading for the German shiprepair yard of Lloydwerft in Bremerhaven to have…

South Korean shipbuilders enjoyed another bumper year in 2004 by winning the largest amount of orders in the world totalling 17.3 million compensated gross tonnes (CGT) last year. This was well ahead…

Ferguson Shipbuilders, the last independent yard on the Clyde, is facing a ?life or death? battle over government contracts for two new fisheries vessels. Alan Dunnet, Ferguson's chief executive, who rescued the…

Leading fuel testing company Lintec Testing Services says it has had a massive response to its revolutionary new service to screen bunkers for chemical contamination. Over 300 vessels have signed up for…

Farstad Supply AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA, has reached an agreement with Simek AS, Flekkefjord, for the building of an anchor handling tug supply vessel for delivery in April…

The future of the museum ship Cutty Sark in Greenwich, UK, has been safeguarded following a grant of £11.25 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund which will enable the old tea clipper…

Refurbishments will bring Service Improvements for Nanaimo-Horseshoe Bay The Queen of Oak Bay, which plies on BC Ferries' Nanaimo-Horseshoe Bay route in British Columbia, Canada, is undergoing an extensive, six-month upgrade at…

Spain and Brazil have become the first states to sign the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004.The Ballast Water Convention contains measures to prevent…

Harland and Wolff is gearing up for a second year of substantial business growth following a successful 2004 which saw ship repair and conversion work increasing by 60%. The Belfast shipyard is…

German Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement said European shipbuilders aren't ready to merge with their German counterparts as many are still government-controlled. "The potential partners are not yet advanced enough,"' Clement told reporters…

Samsung Heavy Industries has developed SORAS (Samsung Optimum Routing Assessment System), a system that will give safer routing for ships while also saving fuel. It took 3 years to develop SORAS and…