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Scotland will get the lion?s share of the Royal Navy?s new £4 billion aircraft carrier contracts in a decision that will determine the future shape of the British shipbuilding industry and will…

NQEA in Queensland, Australia, has finalised the $7 million sale of its Queensland Marine and Industrial (QMI) to Brisbane-based Viking Industries. NQEA has now sold QMI, trading as Cairns Slipways, as well…

Carnival Corporation has assigned a previously ordered 112,000gt cruise ship to its Carnival Cruise Lines brand. The 3,006-passenger ship, to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, is expected to enter service in…

Aker Drilling has awarded Aker Kvaerner a turn-key contract for the delivery of two sixth-generation deepwater drilling semi-submersibles with an option for another two rigs by 2010. The two drilling rigs are…

The Japanese government is interested in building a 4000-tonne slipway in Fiji next year, a project that is expected to save and generate millions of dollars for the Fijian government. The nation's…

The OECD said negotiations between 26 governments on an agreement to tackle market-distorting measures in the shipbuilding industry have been halted. The negotiations, involving OECD members and non-member countries which together account…

Keppel Singmarine in Singapore received orders for four offshore support vessels(OSVs) and two tugboats for about $46 million. The vessels will be progressively delivered to their owners up to first half of…

Cunard?s ?Queen Mary 2? (QM2) will arrive in Hamburg at Blohm + Voss Repair GmbH on November 8 for maintenance and repair work. The QM2, which was built in 2003, will go…

Italian classification society and certification group RINA and the China Classification Society (CCS) have joined forces to deliver quality management system expertise to small and medium-size Chinese shipyards which intend to build…

MOL will be undertaking an aggressive expansion of its tanker fleet, including introduction of the newest double-hull MR-type 1 product tankers. The move is part of MOL?s mid-term management strategy calling for…