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The California State Lands Commission recently issued a report that assessed the efficacy, availability and environmental impacts of currently available ballast water treatment technologies. Said the report: "Thus at least two systems,…

CSC Chongqing Dongfeng Shipbuilding Corporation and an undisclosed US shipowner signed a contract for the construction of a 4,368TEU containership. The contract is for a 106.68 metre-long ship with a 20.6-metre beam,…

Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has completed two Damen Fast Ferries 4212 at the Afai Southern Shipyard in China. Singapore-owned Bintan Resort Ferries ordered both catamaran ferries which have been named ?Wan Sendari? and…

Alfa Laval AB, the world?s biggest maker of heat exchangers, said it will cut 1,000 jobs in the first half after a number of ship builders cancelled orders. The marine and diesel…

Daewoo Engineering & Construction has signed a contract worth QR2.2 billion ($610.6 million) with Qatar Petroleum (QP) to develop a shipyard in Qatar. Daewoo put the value of the order at 895.1…

Confident that the present economic downturn will not hit its ambitious Rs 2,000 crore shipyard plan near Chennai, Larsen and Toubro (L&T) said that to begin with it would start building naval…

Herma Shipping and Transport Corp. is set to deliver a double-hulled tanker to Chevron Philippines, the country?s third-largest petroleum company, by the first quarter of the year. The company, which is reviving…

Indian shipbuilder ABG Shipyard could see the cancellation for an order of three seismic vessels from Norwegian owner Scan Geophysical which recently stated that it was unable to sign a sale and…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has beaten the world?s largest delivery record for large sized vessels, delivering 102 vessels in 2008. On 29 December last year, HHI held a naming ceremony for a…

The Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Corporation (GE Shipping) announced that it has cancelled orders for the construction of two Supramax bulk carriers. The 57,000 dwt vessels had been on order with an…