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Aker Yards has delivered a "superspeed" day ferry for Color Line Transport AS. The vessel built at the Rauma yard in Finland is the first in a series of two. The second…

Last year, Singapore-based Jurong Shipyard exited its joint venture in Maua Jurong, near Rio de Janeiro, and had signed a memorandum of understanding with WTorre Empreendimentos Imobili?rios to establish a yard in…

South China's Jiangmen Yinxing Shipbuilding has plans to invest CNY 228m ($31.9m) to build a 50,000-tonnage shipbuilding addition to the current yard. The 15 hectare expansion is scheduled for completion by 2010…

Bangladesh will enter the international shipbuilding market when the country one of the biggest shipyards in the country, the Chittagong-based Western Marine Shipyard Ltd, will deliver next week two 4,100 dwt dry…

COSCO Shipyard Group's (CSG) main shareholder, Cosco Corp, has plans to buy foreign ship repair yards as China is getting too expensive. CSG itself has become a major shipbuilder bagging $6.6bn of…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that the 1,200-ton goliath crane installed at the Koyagi plant of its Nagasaki Shipyard became operational this week. The crane is the largest in Japan today and,…

Odfjell's 49% owned joint venture company Odfjell Dong Zhan Shipping (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, has signed a contract for the building of an 8,200 dwt chemical tanker. The ship is a fully coated…

Jan De Nul Group has placed an order with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry in China for the construction of two 3,400m³ hopper dredgers. In addition, the company has agreed an…

Wilh. Wilhelmsen (WW) and Wallenius Lines (OW) have placed orders with Hyundai Heavy Industries to build four new large car and truck carriers (LCTC). In addition, both shipowners have also ordered four…

Singapore-listed Cosco, majority-owned by China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co, said its 2007 net profit climbed to S$336.6 million ($239 million), from S$205.4 million a year ago, a 64 % increase.The company said…