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Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and Kvaerner Masa-Yards, a member of the Aker Yards group, have agreed on a revitalisation project, including a midbody lengthening, for the cruise ship Enchantment of the Seas.…

European satellites confirm the stories of mariners who describe seeing freak waves as tall as 10-storey buildings, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). ?Rogue waves? have been the anecdotal cause behind…

Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding will be undertaking a major expansion of facilities at its Chiba site in the next few months. The work, which includes enlarging its steel processing plant and installing…

British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) is applying its world-class navigationrisk assessment tools and expertise in a bid to help regional marine authorities mitigate the risks associated with offshore wind farm developments.BMT has…

Aker Langsten, one of the shipyards in the Aker Yards Group, has signed an agreement with Simon M?kster Shipping AS of Stavanger, Norway, to build a PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) for approximately…

Babcock International has made cuts in its workforce at its Rosyth dockyard in Fife, Scotland, as part of a company shake-up. The news came as a surprise since only four days ago…

US buyout firm, Carlyle Group, has expressed an interest in buying BAE Systems shipbuilding business although Carlyle hasn't decided if an offer would include BAE's submarine operations at Barrow-in-Furness, England since the…

Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has been awarded a contract worth approximately NOK 200 million by DOF ASA to build a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) of the MT…

The Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport and National Maritime Research Institute have announced the completion of a new contra-rotating pod propeller system developed as part of the Super Eco Ship…

Daewoo Shipbuilding confirms that it received the letter of intent from Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) for building three product carriers and the contract will be signed in August. Hyundai Heavy Industries…

NYK and NYK Armateur, a subsidiary of Gaz de France (GdF), have signed a contract with Chantiers de l?Atlantique for the construction of a 153,500 cubic metre LNG carrier. This vessel will…

The Singapore ship repair and shipbuilding company, SembCorp Marine, is paying $28.5 million for a 30% stake in Cosco Shipyard Group (CSG), China's largest ship repair company with yards in Dalian, Nandong…

BC Ferries in Canada claims domestic shipyards are not capable of building new vessels for its fleet. In a departure from past practice, the ferry company plans to award a contract worth…

Venezuela will send two oil tankers to an Argentine shipyard for maintenance this year under a new bilateral energy cooperation pact. This announcement was made by Ali Rodriguez, president of Petroleos de…

D. T. Joseph, shipping secretary of the Indian government, and P. K. Srivastava, chairman and managing director of the Shipping Corporation of India - owner of almost 40% of India's shipping tonnage,…

Lloyd?s Register Asia has signed a contract with Dalian New Shipbuilding Heavy Industry (DNS) for its single biggest order in China to date comprising of 17 ships (seven VLCCs and 10 container…

Daihatsu has launched the DC-32, a new medium speed engine, with a strong environmental bias based on improved fuel efficiency and lower emissions levels. The new engine was developed around the same…

Management and labour union at Hyundai Heavy Industries tentatively agreed a wage hike and other working condition, the shipbuilder announced today. Both sides agreed to increase basic wage of W 83,000, a…

Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (KPS) will be christening its second newbuilding later this week. The boxship is being built for Matson Navigation and will be named Maunawili, which means ?winding mountain?. Last summer,…

Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering are in line to win as many as seven tanker orders from Kuwait, which plans to spend more than $525 million to renew…

China Ocean Shipping (Cosco) has ordered two more VLCC tankers to be delivered by 2007 in order to cope with China?s soaring oil imports. The VLCCs, each with a carrying capability of…