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Greatship (India) Ltd. (GIL) has ordered two deepwater 150 tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSs) from Drydocks World Singapore. The AHTSs are scheduled for delivery in January 2011 and…

The new Pentland Firth ferry Pentalina set sail from the Philippines recently after considerable delays in her construction which has cost Pentland Ferries boss Andrew Banks some of his lucrative summer season…

Bergen Group has recently finalized the purchase of Fosen Holding, including Fosen Yards. The purchase price has been reduced from NKr 200 million to NKr 180 million. The total consideration is a…

Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited?s (Keppel O&M) has secured a S$181 million ($131million) contract to build a multi-purpose heavylift / pipelay vessel for Romanian drilling contractor, Grup Servicii Petroliere SA (GSP). To…

GE Marine has announced that it is supplying LM2500-based propulsion systems for two new Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious ships. The vessels are being built in Spain, at…

Ships sailing off the California coastline or calling at Californian ports will be compelled to use low sulphur fuel as from July next year. From July 2009, the maximum sulphur level in…

Paris-based classification society Bureau Veritas has entered an agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation delegating BV the authority to conduct statutory certification services and to issue certificates for…

Naval architect Guido Perla and Associates has announced that construction is now under way in China of the first of a series of 54 offshore support ships. The ships are to the…

Aker Yards of Norway is reported to be among the bidders for Poland's cash-stretched shipyards. The yards have been given a deadline, extended to 12 September, to come up with a privatisation…

ABB Turbocharging of Switzerland is launching a new family of turbochargers, the A100 series, which is designed to offer pressure ratios up to 5.8:1 from a single-stage unit. The first in the…