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China's Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd. has received newbuilding orders worth nearly $1.2 billion. Of this, $669 million is accounted for by contracts from Cosco International Ship Trading for twelve 57,000 dwt…

In addition to the six newbuildings announced in the press release dated 2 May 2007, the Norwegian ship owner Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA signed agreements for long term time charter with…

Nam Cheong Dockyard Sdn Bhd in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, is planning to expand its business overseas and increase its shipbuilding capacity on the back of higher demand for oil and gas support…

Nordic Heavy Lift subsidiary Avonway has ordered a unique crane vessel with a record 5,000 tonne single mast lifting capacity from Singapore?s Sembawang Shipyard. Sea of Solutions, part of the Offshore Ship…

ONGC in India has contracted with Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to provide consultancy for the design, construction and delivery of a 110m x 19m x 9.25m well stimulation vessel. The…

The Belgian shipping group CMB said its unit Bocimar International has ordered, in a joint venture with Wah Kwong, two newbuilding Handymax vessels from Chengxi Shipyard, China. Delivery of the vessels is…

The fleet management program ?GL ShipManager? has its first international clients. Finnish shipping company Oy Langh Ship and Danish company Transmarine Management have entrusted Ms Logistik Systeme, a Germanischer Lloyd Group company,…

The booming global economy and high oil price have led to strong demand for seismographic ship and DNV is experiencing a tenfold increase in classification requests compared to previous years for this…

Stavanger-based SeaMetric International AS has signed a contract for the construction, assembly and testing of the first 20,000 tonnes capacity Twin Marine Lifter (TML) system. Developed for installation and removal of such…

Fugro has christened its new 3-D seismic vessel Geo Barents. This newbuilding is a 3-D seismic acquisition vessel capable of deploying six 6 streamers of up to 9 km in length. The…