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The second of two high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans for Hawaii Superferry has been launched at Austal USA?s purpose-built production facilities in Mobile, Alabama. With a service speed of 40 knots and the…

State-run Shipping Corp of India Ltd (SCI) is planning a foray into shipbuilding and is in talks with domestic and overseas firms for a joint venture, Chairman and Managing Director S Hajara…

Four more 24,000dwt multi-purpose, heavy-lift vessels have been ordered for the global services of Rickmers-Linie by Rickmers Group company Polaris Shipmanagement from Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou Wenchong. Delivery of the first vessel is…

Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards in the US has won a contract for U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) patrol boats that could be worth as much as $1.5 billion. If fully exercised, it would be…

As part of its strategy to create a green ship product line, Kongsberg Maritime recently announced the acquisition of Metasystems AS. MetaSystems develops intelligent electronic applications in terms of software, sensors and…

UAE-based offshore rig building company, Maritime Industrial Services (MIS), is looking to boost its yard capacity through acquisition of land and existing smaller yards in the UAE, said a senior company official.The…

AP Moller Maersk subsidiary Safmarine has confirmed it has placed an order for four 18,000 dwt multi-purpose vessels with Wuhu Xinlian Shipyard in China. The deal includes an option for another four…

Turkey's Cicek Shipyard launched a new 25,000 dwt bulk carrier design at the SMM 2008 exhibition in Hamburg. The current handy-size bulk carrier fleet is now aging and Cicek believes that many…

Shipping companies are experiencing a tightening of lending conditions because of growing market uncertainty and a weakening of banks' ability to lend, senior officials have revealed. The ambitious building programmes announced around…

European engineers and researchers have developed a robot that is able to remove marine growth from a ship's hull. HISMAR, the Hull Identification System for Marine Autonomous Robotics, was developed under European…