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The U.S. Navy unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation over the next few years, in which traditional paper nautical charts will be replaced with advanced, interactive, electronic navigation…

Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation Ltd., the world's top builder of offshore oil rigs, is set for a 28% quarterly profit rise on Thursday as rig orders boom and oil refining returns improve.More…

Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) has invited bids to build four LNG carriers, two of which will be ice classed, to carry 3.5 million tonnes of LNG from 2008. The LNG carriers will…

Germanischer Lloyd has taken first place in the current evaluation of all statutory inspections of ships during the past year within the scope of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Port State Control).…

Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard has been undergoing a quiet revolution bringing with it the promise of new prosperity. The latest contract the yard has landed is to fabricate and assemble components…

Visakhapatnam-based National Ship Design and Research Centre (NSDRC) has asked Indian shipyards to set up green field shipyards in deep water ports because the country will be requiring an additional 1.78 million…

Japan has announced it will abandon plans to put into service the world's fastest passenger ship, which cost $103 million to build, due to predicted operating deficits.The Techno Superliner (TSL), which has…

Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has purchased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of…

Kitanihon Shipbuilding in Japan is rumoured to have secured an order for two 550,000 cft reefer ships from a Japanese ship owner. They will be delivered in November 2007 and March 2008.…

Russian shipbuilding experts are willing to offer Libya assistance in creating greater capacities at existing shipbuilding and ship-repairing yards. The Central Research Institute of Shipbuilding Technology in Russia plans to set up…