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Ship repair work has restarted at the former Cammell Laird dry docks in Birkenhead.Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders has been let back into the yard by landlord Reddington Finance as the two companies…

Gdynia shipyard recently submitted to the Polish Treasury, a proposal to sell Stocznia Gdynia.Meanwhile, the Polish government will prepare a list of measures necessary to implement the splitting up of the two…

Construction began a few days ago on the Thinh Long shipyard in the northern province of Nam Dinh in Vietnam. The new facility will form part of the Hoang Anh Shipbuilding Joint…

Hanjin Shipping will double its container fleet by 2010. To achieve the goal, Hanjin will place a new order for five 10,000TEU container ships next year for delivered in 2009. The timing…

Transocean Inc has entered into an agreement with Chevron Corp for the upgrade of one of Transocean's Sedco 700-series semi submersible rigs. Under the terms of the drilling contract, Chevron will contract…

The Belgian shipping company EXMAR has confirmed a long-term charter party with Excelerate Energy LP, Woodlands, Texas, of a further LNG regasification vessel (LNGRV). The vessel will be built by Daewoo (DSME)…

The European Union threatened to ban about 200 cargo ships from its waters to prevent accidents such as the sinking of an oil tanker off the Spanish coast three years ago. The…

The Malaysian shipbuilder NGV Tech Sdn Bhd plans to expand its shipyard in Sijangkang to cope with the increasing demand for newbuildings. The Sijangkang yard which has the capability to build mainly…

Officials have signed off on a plan for the US Navy to begin detailed design and procurement for materials to build eight new generation destroyers. Kenneth Kreig, the Under Secretary of Defense…

Construction of a shipyard project, believed to be the largest of its kind in China, commenced recently at Haixiwan Bay in Qingdao, a port in east China's Shandong province. Covering an area…