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The Construction Rules for the hull structures of seagoing ships have been revised by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and adapted to meet the changing international requirements. The new construction rules for shipyards apply…

State-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) received the government's nod to buy two VLCCs each costing $130 million. The 300,00DWT newbuildings have already been ordered from Daewoo (DSME) and are scheduled for…

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has won a contract to build four 3,200TEU container ships worth $249.6 million from German ship owner Hamburg Sud. Delivery of the 22 knot…

Swedish-based shipbuilder Kockums, a division of Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has signed a contract with Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries to deliver Stirling engines to Japan?s submarine program. The order follows several years…

Tomorrow, the Council of Ministers is expected to adopt formally two pieces of legislation that aim at combating ship-source pollution through a system of sanctions in case of intentional acts or serious…

Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. said it would replace its Alaska fleet of single-hull oil tankers with double-hull vessels. The US energy company will first buy and refurbish two ageing double-hull tankers now…

The Indian Coast Guard has received a new patrol vessel, built at Goa Shipyard, named ?ICG Kasturba Gandhi? and is claimed to be the fastest of its type in the world. The…

The "floating city", one of the world's largest newbuilding projects, will be constructed in Isdemir Port in the Gulf of Iskenderun on the Eastern end of the Turkish Mediterranean coast, at a…

Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) took delivery of the second of four vessels it has on order from Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, in a deal which has seen the tanker operator…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed a new low-speed marine diesel engine, the UEC50LSE, in cooperation with Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd. MHI initially reached an agreement with Wärtsilä in November 2002 toward joint development…