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Malta?s privatisation unit is offering the shipyards on a 30 year lease and the call for expressions of interest does not specifically limit the use of the assets to shiprepair. It does…

P&O Ferries has signed a ?360m contract with Aker Yards for the two largest ferries ever to be constructed for the Dover-Calais service. The first of these ships will enter service in…

The Chamber of Shipping (CoS) hosted a meeting of its members to consider the merits of market-based instruments which could help shipping reduce its carbon emissions. The CoS has endorsed the need…

Dutch shipping companies Wagenborg Shipping, Flinter Management and Amasus Shipping will investigate the social, legal and technical possibilities of shore support for short sea ships. This will improve ships? safety and stimulate…

Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship and Hamburg-basedFairplay Towage have joined forces to create a platform for expansion.Under the agreement Fairplay BV, the Dutch arm of the Fairplay group,will take a 50…

MISC Bhd in Malaysia has ordered eight new 45,000 dwt chemical/product oil tankers worth a total of $430 million from South Korean shipbuilder SLS Shipbuilding Co Ltd. The first three units will…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Korea has won $1.46 billion (HK$11.38 billion) contracts from two US customers. DSME received an order to build a semi-submersible drilling rig from an unidentified US…

Oman's state shipping firm aims to raise $4 billion by year-end to finance its proposed fleet expansion programme. This money will finance the existing vessels already on order and the purchase of…

SAFEDOR (Design, Operation and Regulation for Safety) is about to complete its four years R&D programme. This integrated project (IP) is funded by the European Commission under the 6th RTD Framework Programme,…

Creditors of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) are expected to select a preferred bidder for the shipbuilder in October. According to industry sources, the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) started a…