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Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has emerged the lowest bidder among 13 contenders, including several Indian firms, to build five anchor handling tug-cum-supply vessels (AHTSVs) for state-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI).…

ABG Shipyard, in India, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for acquisition of Vipul Shipyard, situated adjacent to the company?s existing shipyard at Magdalla Port, District-Surat, Gujarat. With this acquisition the company…

The Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) will float a tender to build four crude oil tankers soon. The budget for the new fleet is between $120 to $130 million and is expected…

The Indian engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro plans to broaden the scope of its proposed Rs 2,000-crore mega greenfield shipyard in favour of an integrated port-cum-shipyard facility. The company, which…

Work on Qatar Gas Transport Company?s (Nakilat) second Q-Max LNG tanker has begun with its managing director Mohamed A Ghannam initiating the steel cutting.Nakilat has placed orders for 14 such tankers, which…

China Dalian International Corp has ordered three 57,000 dwt supramaxes at a total cost of $101m from an east China shipyard. The vessels, which will be operated through Singapore subsidiary Da Sin…

The Russian Far Eastern Shipping Co (Fesco) is jumping on the supramax-bulker bandwagon with a series of newbuildings in China. The fast expanding Russian shipping company has returned to Jinling Shipyard for…

Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark unveiled its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, for the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. Like her four predecessors, ?Ebba Maersk? will be part of the…

The Miami-based cruise company Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., has placed a contract for a fourth large cruise ship with Meyer Werft in Papenburg. After ordering the first…