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MAN B&W Ltd, located in Stockport, UK, will in future be focusing on extended service business and on the production of the new RK280 engine series. The MAN B&W Diesel Group?s English…

Shipyard workers at Malta Shipyards are to get a performance bonus of Lm70 to Lm100 each next month after the company's financial performance superseded budget targets during the first three months of…

Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg based global breakbulk, heavy lift and project specialist, has ordered four multipurpose heavy lift vessels from the SADRA Shipyard in Busheher, Iran. They are scheduled for delivery between July…

Aker Yards and the Estonian Tallink Group have signed a contract for the building of a fast passenger ferry for delivery in spring 2007, worth around $134.5 million. The contract includes an…

Talks are set to begin soon on Qatar's new LNG tanker procurement program. Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. II (Qatargas II), which plans to charter 6 to 8 large-size LNG carriers, said that…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has received an order to build five 210,100 cubic metre LNG tankers valued at $1.20 billion from a Qatari gas producer. DSME?s latest deal means that…

Austal Ships has delivered to a private owner the ?Electra? for operation in the Bahamas.With the initial design brief heavily based on carrying and deploying a 9 metre, twin engine RIB, ?Electra?…

Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) signed letters of intent with Modec Inc., Houston, to supply a floating production, storage, and offloading platform (FPSO) and a floating storage, and offloading vessel (FSO)…

Alaska?s second fast vehicle ferry, ?Chenega?, sailed from Auke Bay yesterday, en route to Prince William Sound, where it will serve the communities of Cordova, Valdez, and Whittier. The ferry, built by…

A group company consisting of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K"Line), together with its Indonesian consortium partner, PT. Pelayaran Nusantara Meratus (PNM), has executed three 20-year long-term charter agreements for three new LNG…