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Hyundai Merchant Marine in South Korea will order four 8,600TEU and five 4,700TEU container ships. All nine vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hyundai Samho Shipyard with the smaller…

Daewoo Shipbuilding is considering the construction of a dry dock in Weihai, China, at an estimated cost of more than $24 billion. The proposed dry dock will aim to build 20 new…

Todd Pacific Shipyards of Seattle, USA, has been selected to build four 105 metre long ferries worth up to $223 million for Washington State Ferries. The state will negotiate a design-and-construction contract…

Marine lubricants supplier TOTAL Lubmarine has updated and improved its well-known DIAGOMAR Plus marine lubricants analysis service by adding a new lubricants test and by making the reports faster to use and…

South Korean shipbuilders may see their earnings worsen further this year due to the rising price of steel plates and the strengthening won. Hyundai Heavy Industries posted $35.5 million in profit last…

Hanjin Shipping in South Korea has signed a $283.5million contract with Hyundai HI to build three 6,622TEU container ships. These will have a length of 304m, a breadth of 40m and will…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has won six 1,800TEU container ships from German shipowner Claus-Peter Offen for delivery during 2008. Total contract price is $234 million. This latest order is an option declaration from…

Austal Ships has delivered ten patrol boats to the Yemen Ministry of Defence which placed the order in June 2003. Loading of the 37.5 metre boats, each weighing in at 90 tonnes,…

Harland & Wolff moved into profit in the last quarter of 2004 but lost money for the year as a whole, according to results posted today. Fred Olsen Energy, the Norwegian company…

Norwegian offshore shipowners Solstad announced that Ulstein Verft is to perform the conversion of their cable-laying vessel, Normand Clipper. The conversion is well underway at Ulstein Verft and is to be completed…