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The second in a series of five supertugs ordered from Niigata Shipbuilders in Japan by Fairmount Marine recently joined the fleet. The 200 tonnes bollard pull anchor handling/salvage/long distance towing vessel ?Fairmount…

Wärtsilä has been awarded contracts to supply RT-flex50 common-rail low-speed engines, propellers and Auxpac generating sets to Goodearth Maritime Ltd of Chennai, India, for the six 53,000 dwt handymax bulk carriers. For…

The decision on the Royal Navy?s aircraft carrier contracts for Barrow shipyard has been delayed until next year. Yard bosses are keeping a ?watching brief? on the timetable for the work after…

Alstom Power Conversion Incorporated (APCI) reports that the DD(X) Integrated Power System (IPS) test team has achieved full torque of over one million foot pounds on the Advanced Induction Motor (AIM) at…

The UK-based company, Kittwake, has introduced the ANALEXrs remote sensor range, a new set of instrumentation designed to put lubricant and machine condition information in the hands of the engineer, real-time. Ideal…

Erie Shipbuilding in Pennsylvania, USA, is up and running and more details are emerging about its plans. The shipyard was formerly leased by Metro Machine and is a joint venture between Van…

The New Szczecin Shipyard (SSN), which was formed on the basis of the bankrupt Porta Holding, has finally managed to obtain a loan without any guarantees from the state. "We have signed…

Daehan Shipbuilding in Korea clinched a 10,000 DWT multi-purpose vessel from the Dutch-based Normed Line with delivery of 2007. The company had previously ordered five similar units from the same yard with…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won three 47,000DWT product carriers valued at $138 million from a Liberian shipowner for delivery from 2007 to July 2008. Choi Kil Sun, president and CEO of the South…

The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (formerly known as The Society of Naval Architects of Japan) has awarded its 15th ?Ship Of the Year 2004? award to the ?Hamanasu?,…