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Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa Shipyard, owned by the Industrial Development Agency (ARP), will cease to receive state guarantees for production financing at the end of the year. Although further subsidies will have to…

Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) in Norway has signed a letter of intent with compatriot shipbuilder Flekkefjord Slipp og Maskinfabrikk AS for the building of a large construction vessel. The new vessel will…

AP Moller-Maersk AS will order 25 vessels from Chinese shipbuilders including Qingdao Qianjin Shipbuilding within the next 12 months, the China Business News reported. Citing an unnamed source from Maersk's China office,…

Poland?s Gdynia Shipyard placed two orders with Swedish cargo equipment manufacturer TTS Ship Equipment AB, to supply almost 14,000 tonnes of roro equipment. The orders cover the supply of equipment for a…

Schat-Harding, the world?s leading supplier of lifeboats and davits, has purchased the independent lifeboat servicing business of Singapore-based Lyttelton Marine.David Bradley, Schat-Harding group after sales and service manager says, "Singapore is a…

Cascade Technologies has secured a technology licensing deal with BP, valued at in excess of £4million to the company over the next three years. The partnership will see Cascade Technologies, a major…

MALAYSIA has called for the burden of maintaining the Straits of Malacca to be shared by all users, not just the littoral states. The Straits, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes,…

Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Ltd has recently built a 3,500 TEU container vessel in only 54 days, breaking China's record of 60 days for a mid-sized container vessel. The shipyard's…

Intertanko is pleased to see that the European Parliament is set to oppose the extension of the pilot?s role to include reports of visible deficiencies on board. The EC is keen to…