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Italian shipyard group Rodriquez Cantieri Navali and Genoa-based classification society RINA have jointly developed an innovative and environmentally friendly high-speed ferry. A full scale prototype of the ALISWATH, presently under construction, will…

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…

Samsung Heavy Industries has won an order to build a drill ship for Ferncliff Drilling in Norway. The new vessel will be delivered in 2009 at a cost of $500 million. The…

A Dubai-based marine services company is building a floating hotel that will provide accommodation for people working in the offshore energy industry. Mubarak Marine will invest $19 million to build the floating…

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to propose a recreational marine diesel rule that could require large yacht builders to install exhaust after-treatment on all future yacht designs. Aware such…

The German shipbuilder Nordseewerke, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has handed over the 2,700 TEU feeder container ship ?Nona? to the Meerbusch-based shipping company GEBAB. The owner of the ship is…

French-based container line operator CMA CGM has upped the stakes against its arch rival, the Danish shipping giant Maersk Line, which recently took delivery of its first 11,000 TEU vessel, ?Emma Maersk?,…

Samsung Heavy Industries won an order for a drill ship from a ship owner in Africa at a cost of $554 million. Delivery is slated for October 2009.

California is on the verge of blazing a new environmental path with the toughest restrictions in the nation on exotic clams, crabs and other non-native aquatic species that harm river and Bay…

Hyundai Heavy Industries has clinches two 105,000DWT tankers from the Belgian shipping group Conti Lines. They will be delivered during 2009.