General News

Facing bankruptcy, the historic Gdansk shipyard has a buyer in one of Ukraine???s largest business groups, the Industrial Union of Donbas. However, new complications are tying up the sale. The Ukrainian group,…

India-based Bharati Shipyard has bagged an order for two Rolls-Royce designed UT 755LN platform supply vessels from Opielok Bereederungs of Germany. The total price of each vessel is $26.50 million totaling $53…

Cosco Shipping Co Ltd of Guangzhou, China, has signed a contract for two large semi-submersible heavy-lift newbuildings with Guangzhou Shipyard International for delivery in September 2010 and March 2011. This is the…

The Singapore unit Greatship (India) Ltd, a subsidiary of Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Co (GE), had signed a contract for two new multi-purpose platform supply and support vessels. The contract has been…

Diversifying services from its core business of leasing out ships for oil and gas exploration, Garware Offshore Services Ltd in India is acquiring a construction barge from a Chinese shipyard for $25…

Incat Crowther has completed negotiations for the design and construction of a 32m catamaran ferry for Ishigaki Dream Tours in Japan. The vessel will be built by Richardson Devine Marine at their…

The South Tyneside engineering company McNulty is planning to open a shipyard in India. The McNulty yard in the UK has been building oil rigs and floating oil production vessels for about…

Hallin Marine, the Singapore-based provider of subsea solutions to the oil and gas industry, has signed a contract for the construction of an 80 metre DP2 subsea operations vessel. The vessel, to…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with DOF Installer ASA for the building of a highly sophisticated Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel. The value of the contract for the fourth vessel…

Oceanteam Power & Umbilical ASA has secured two additional options with the Spanish shipbuilder MetalShips & Docks, SUA to build construction support vessels with delivery third quarter 2011 and third quarter 2012.…