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Singapore shipyard operator and oil rig builder SembCorp Marine Ltd (SCM) and Nasser Mohammed Al-Mukairish and Partners Company (Al-Mukairish) have signed a joint venture agreement to form SembMarine Middle East Pte Ltd.…

Danaos Corporation in Greece has ordered three post-Panamax 10,100 teu containerships from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for delivery in January, February and March of 2011. Danaos has also arranged for a large…

Next month Kandla Port in India will have the country's first and Asia's second shipbuilding and ship-repair yard for building and repairing dredgers. The Rs 450-crore venture has been set up by…

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Japan's third-largest shipbuilder, delivered a VLOC (very large ore carrier) that will sail between Brazil and Japan, completing an order for one of the world's largest iron-ore…

The Ha Long Shipbuilding, part of the Vinashin group, has begun building a $50 million car carrier which can carry 4,900 CEUs, becoming the largest PCTC to be built in Vietnam. The…

Titisan Selatan Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian company which will be constructing the RM650 million ($196 million) shipbuilding yard for dredgers, is currently in talks with the Selangor government to lease a piece…

The Malaysian shipbuilder Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) has received orders to build a yacht-hotel and two luxury yachts. BNS said Sunborn International from Finland had ordered a 141m-long vessel to…

Qatar Gas Transport Co QGTS.QA (Nakilat) has awarded a $610.6 million contract to Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co to build a shipyard in Qatar according to a statement made by Daewoo. It…

Maersk Line in Denmark is planning changes to its Asia ? Europe network to improve reliability and save fuel. Among the steps to be taken will be slower sailing speeds on some…