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ABG Shipyard in Surat, India, has bagged a $21 million order for construction of a diving support vessel, from Netherlands-based Vroon Offshore BV. The contract includes an option for a similar vessel.…

Zim, the Israeli shipping company, has ordered eight container ships, four 8,200 TEU and four 10,000 TEU vessels, from the Hyundai Shipyards in Korea. The deal is worth $1 billion and Zim…

Aker Yard's Rauma shipyard in Finland recently christened the first of three ice class 1A Super containerships ordered by Baltic Container Shipping and is to be managed by Rederi AB TransAtlanti. The…

The Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast is seeking to enter the ?green recycling? market, after applying for a licence to scrap ships and offshore installations.The yard, which built the ?Titanic?, has…

The Sevmash naval shipyard and Russia's Atomic Power Agency signed a contract to build the world's first floating nuclear reactor. The $336 million reactor will be built by the Sevmash plant in…

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd is the builder of the LNG carriers, considered the most technologically demanding ship. The ship, costing US$160 million, is 292 meters long and 43.35 meters wide.…

MOL (Mitsui OSK Line) has announced plans to construct 43 new iron ore carriers to meet anticipated long-term growth in demand for ore transport. In a construction period from April 2006 until…

Australian fast ferry builder Incat has won orders for two 112m long craft from Japan?s Libera Corp.Incat?s largest units to date, the two new catamarans, for delivery in June 2007 and mid…

Wärtsilä has announced that it is to supply machinery to two ro-ro passenger ferries and a cruise ferry.The two ro-ro ferries are high-speed units for Norwegian company Color Line AS, building at…

Pakistan has placed a $ 600-million defence deal with China, which includes construction of four F-22P frigates for the Pakistani Navy, upgrading of the Karachi dockyard and transfer of technology for indigenous…