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Indonesia's oil and gas company Pertamina plans to buy six new oil tankers next year to enlarge its fleet. The company will allocate between $60 million and $70 million next year to…

Hudong Heavy Machinery Co (HHMC) in China has produced 35 low speed marine diesel engines with a total output of 549,000 bhp for the first half this year, 18.4% up in terms…

ZOCA Container Security BV has developed an innovative approach to preventing unauthorized opening of shipping containers, a serious problem in today?s shipping industry. The ZOCA approach taps Iridium satellite data links to…

In the latest of a series of setbacks, Ferguson Shipyard in Port Glasgow has lost out on an order from the Aberdeen-based Fisheries Research Services for a new fisheries vessel. Once again,…

Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea has won a $44 million order for two 1,000TEU container ships from an unspecified Korean shipping company for delivery in 2008.

Daeyang Shipping in South Korea plans to build a ship repair facility in the Dagoshan Zone of Dalian Development Area in China. Total space of Dalian Daeyang Shipbuilding Corp will be 550,000…

Hudong Zhonghua (HZ) Shipyard in China clinched two 75,000DWT bulk carriers from the Greece shipping company Cardiff Marine. They will be delivered in March and June 2008. Ship particulars are 225m in…

Meyer Werft has, today, handed over the 93,500 gt cruise ship ?Norwegian Jewel? to the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The handover took place one day ahead…

The Malaysian shipbuilder, NGV Tech Sdn Bhd, has secured a contract worth about $1.8 million to build two passenger vessels for the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration Kavaratty in India. The two…

The deep-sea drilling vessel ?Chikyu?, which will be used to drill to the deepest depths of the ocean to shed light on the mysteries beneath the planet's crust, was delivered to the…