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Owners and charterers will need to revise the text of their fuel purchasing specifications after IMO's Marpol Annex VI enters into force on 19 May warns leading fuel testing agency, Lintec Testing…

A contract to assess the UK?s ship recycling capability has been awarded to a team of BMT companies, led by BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT),…

Dae Sun Shipbuilding in South Korea has returned to profit for the first quarter this year. Although turnover dropped slightly from W20.4 billion compared with W 20.5 billion last year, the shipyard…

Bijlsma Shipyard in Holland, which went bankrupt about a year ago and was taken over by the Dutch company VeKa Group, has booked a large order for 10 newbuildings from Delfzijl-based Wagenborg.…

Palmali Shipping in Istanbul, Turkey, recently signed an agreement with the Russian shipbuilder Volgograd Shipyard for construction of two more 6,750DWT dry cargo vessels of "Palmali" type bringing the total ordered to…

Construction of a marine boiler manufacturing plant, jointly funded by the Viet Nam National Shipbuilding Corporation (Vinashin) and the Danish company Aalborg Industries, officially began in Hai Phong?s An Hong industrial park…

Coscon, the container shipping arm of Cosco Group, and Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co (Nacks), a joint venture between Cosco and Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, entered into a shipbuilding contract for the…

Intermarine of New Orleans has ordered four more 8000DWT heavylift cargo ships from the Portuguese shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castello (ENVC) with the first delivery expected in the fourth quarter…

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), formerly known as Malaysia Shipyard Engineering (MSE), is set to become Malaysia?s deep-water hub. MMHE will be focusing on expanding its marine and heavy engineering business…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has clinched orders for eight ships with a total value of $880 million. This latest haul comprises of four 84,000 cubic metre LPG carriers, two from Exmar and two from…