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Wärtsilä has opened a new workshop in Stockholm, Sweden. The new service centre is intended to further increase Wärtsilä's wide service offering, both for the marine market and power plant and industrial…

Havyard Group shall deliver design and engineering for a Havyard 832 CD PSV to be built by Norwegian shipbuilder Simek AS for Owner Havila Shipping ASA. The vessel is to be delivered…

Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard (HVS), a joint venture between South Korea?s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (70%) and Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (30%) recently held a naming ceremony for a 56,000 DWT bulker in Vietnam. The…

South Korea?s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan has recently delivered its first pure car/truck carriers (hull nos. 8032 and 8033) to the Dutch shipping company Vroon BV. The 11,200 dwt newbuildings, named…

Chinese shipbuilders' orders during the January-September period plunged 70% from the same period last year to 16.92 million DWT, the Chinese Association of National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) said in a report. The…

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has upgraded and extended its "Rules for Underwater Technology". The revision of the rules reflects the growing demand for sophisticated regulations covering subsea innovations, in particular down to depths…

ABG Shipyard in India has delivered the AHTS vessel Sea Weasel to its owner, Deep Sea Supply. The newbuilding is the 3rd in a nine-ship series ordered from ABG.

Today a ceremony is being held to celebrate the first engine shop test at the newly built two-stroke engine factory of Hefei Rong'An Power Machinery Co Ltd (RPM), a member of the…

MAN SE has won a contract with Karadeniz Powership Co. Ltd. of Turkey to supply up to 24 engines to be used to generate power-grid electricity from aboard ships.MAN said the deal,…