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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has won a 465.3 billion won ($492.5 million) order to build two LNG carriers for the state-run gas carrier of Brunei.The contract also has an option…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is to construct a Won162.2bn block facility to speed up construction of its four-year order backlog. Work on the new factory at its Okpo facility will…

The Copenhagen-based AP Moller-Maersk is to dispose of its car-carrying ships to Norway?s Höegh Autoliners in the latest restructuring move. The move will help Höegh in its efforts to expand its fleet…

The Greek shipbuilder Hellenic Shipyards SA, a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp group, has won its first export shipbuilding order in 20 years. The contact is for a jack-up platform or barge…

The fourth double-hulled tanker in Aker Philadelphia Shipyard?s current build program was recently floated off its blocks in the yard?s 1,300 foot long building dock and transferred to the adjacent outfitting dock.…

Austal has signed a contract for four additional 47.5 metre passenger catamarans with Cotai WaterJets (Macao) Ltd, adding to the initial ten-vessel contract signed in 2006 by sister company Venetian Marketing Services…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) plans to deliver 25% more vessels this year as it increases production to work through almost four years worth of orders. The company delivered 11 vessels in January,…

In an attempt to tap increasing demand for ship engines, India?s largest shipping firm, the state-owned Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI), is joining hands with a few government-run ports to enter…

Samsung Heavy Industries is reportedly nearing a deal valued at $1.32 billion to build two drill ships. The Korean shipbuilder indicated that the contract will be made later in the day with…

Henderson-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine in Western Australia will open its first shipyard in the Americas later this year following a successful joint venture bid with Servicios Navales E Industriales S.A. DE C.V.…