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Indian construction and engineering firm Larsen & Toubro has signed a joint venture agreement to invest 30 billion rupees ($750 million) in a shipyard and port facility. The venture with southern Tamil…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a 554 billion won ($566 million) order to build a drill ship. The deal from an American company calls for Daewoo to deliver the vessel,…

?SigmaPrime 700? and ?SigmaPrime 700 LT? coatings will be applied to a vessel being built in Korea for Chandris Hellas that will be the first built in full compliance with IMO?s ballast…

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard delivered its fourth Veteran Class MT46 tanker vessel to Aker American Shipping. It is the first vessel sold for profit to Aker American Shipping following the corporate reorganization that…

Legislation requiring treatment of ballast water on ships in the Great Lakes may reach a vote in Congress next week, but some of the bill's details remain a mystery. Rep. James L.…

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the IMO convened its 57th meeting focusing on the reduction of harmful emissions and ballast water management, as well as the planned convention for environmentally…

International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte had called on all sectors of the shipping and insurance industries to approach the issue of salvage and spill prevention with "fresh thinking and open…

The state-run Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI) is set to buy four 82,000 dwt Kamsarmax-type dry bulk cargo carriers from South Korea?s STX Shipbuilding Co. Ltd for $239.80 million. STX emerged…

India?s offshore service provider Dolphin Offshore Ltd moved a step closer towards the take off platform for its proposed Rs 400-crore greenfield shipyard project in Gujarat, with the company having received the…

The revision of MARPOL Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code (Annex VI) means there is now a sell-by date on the term Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) at the IMO. In…