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Aker ASA and Kvaerner ASA have started to collaborate on setting up Aker American Shipping ASA, a company that will own Kvaerner's shipyard in Philadelphia and 10 - yet to be built…

The third frigate of Shivalik Class incorporating stealth features, built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) will be launched here on May 27. The two previous frigates of Shivalik Class, also built by…

Daewoo Shipbuilding will build a hull block factory in Yantai, China, which will be operational from 2007. It will have a capacity to produce 50,000 tonnes in 2007 and 300,000 tonnes from…

Aker Yards has been awarded contracts to build four container vessels for König & Cie. GmbH und Co. KG in Hamburg. The vessels are of the newly developed type Aker CS 1700…

Lloyd?s Register (LR) has published a set of comprehensive guidelines to help owners, operators and builders of membrane-type LNG tankers to assess the ability of a containment system to withstand sloshing loads.…

Bulgarian shipping company Navigation Maritime Bulgare (NMB) and the new shipbuilding consortium Bulyard signed a contract to build three ships at a total cost of EUR 58 million. The three newbuildings are…

A Chinese Joint Venture company consisting of Shanghaiguan Shipyard in Hebei, Hebei Cosco, Hebei Construction and an unknown steel holding company, has set up Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding Heavy Industries with a capital investment…

Daewoo Shipbuilding clinched three 318,000DWT VLCCs from National Iranian Tanker Co at the price of $128 million each with delivery scheduled by October 2009. This is the highest VLCC price achieved for…

Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding has won an order for two 75,000DWT bulk carrier from a Greek ship owner for delivery in September and December 2008. Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard secured two 1,400TEU container ships…

Shanghai-based Jiangnan Shipyard will start construction of a new shipyard on the city's Changxing Island early next month, when the company will be celebrating its 140th anniversary. When completed, the new Jiangnan…