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FBMA Marine Inc. (FBMA), the Aboitiz-owned shipbuilder based in Cebu, Philippines has signed a new building contract with Wightlink, Portsmouth UK. The order is to design and build two new 41m medium…

Singapore-listed shipyard Cosco Corp has begun quoting new sales contracts in Chinese yuan to reduce the impact of any further decline in the U.S. dollar, the company's president said recently. "We have…

The European Commission (EC) has reiterated its support for shipping emissions to be addressed globally at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as long as it meets agreed deadlines. The message was delivered…

The US Navy is moving forward with construction of a new type of smaller, speedy warship after upending the program by canceling contracts last year, officials said.The Navy's formal requests for proposals…

Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has acquired the Draper, Utah based technology enterprise Global Sim for approximately NOK 100 million. Global Sim delivers products and services in the field of crane simulation for…

Seatruck Ferries, part of the Danish Clipper Group, has received delivery of the first of four newbuildings ordered from the Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros de Huelva. Named Clipper Point, she will be followed…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has developed a new groundbreaking technology that makes it possible to launch a completed ship while continuing shipbuilding work at the same dock. With traditional methods, a vessel that…

Shipping should not be a ?scapegoat? for damage to the world environment, says the head of the IMO, Efthimios Mitropoulos. The IMO Secretary-General speaking in London at the opening of the IMO?s…