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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) will become a strategic investor in FLEX LNG Ltd. (FLEX LNG), having agreed to take a 15% stake in FLEX LNG through participation in the private…

The Sevmorput shipyard in Murmansk has signed a contract with the Vyborg Shipyard, one of Gazprom?s main contractors in the Shtokman project, to assemble the two platforms which will be used in…

Chinese shipbuilding group JES International Holdings Ltd. has won shipbuilding orders worth a total of $247.5 million. The company said it secured an order from Croatia's Atlantska Plovidba to build four 79,800…

The order book of a once defunct firm will soon exceed R1 billion, thereby creating hundreds of new jobs, largely thanks to a relatively small injection of loan funding by the KwaZulu-Natal…

Rolls-Royce has opened a new office in St. Petersburg to further support activity within the growing Russian marine market. St. Petersburg has become the Russian shipbuilding capital, with 60% of the country?s…

China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (COSCO) is mulling over a plan to reduce the service speed of all of its ships by 10%, in order to lower fuel consumption and reduce emissions.…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received a 532.8-billion-won ($519 million) order to build four vessels. The deal with a European shipping company calls on Daewoo to deliver two oil tankers and…

Daehan Shipbuilding recently celebrated the christening of its first 170,500dwt vessel, at its shipyard located in Haenam, Korea. The vessel has been christened ?MYSTIC?.With a length of 289 metres and a 45…

Highspeed Shipbuilding & Engineering Co (HSEC), a Bangladesh shipbuilder, has won a $50 million order from Japan to build ten small ships. This is further evidence of the country's booming shipbuilding industry…

The ?stanbul Directorate of the Labour and Social Security Ministry has ordered the temporary closure of one of the shipyards in the Tuzla area, where 98 workers have died in work-related incidents…

Malta is to start the process to privatize the island nation's shipyards, amid plans for a reduction in the workforce, Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi announced yesterday. Several companies, especially from northern…

The Danish based OW Bunker, one of the world?s largest providers of marine fuel oil, lubricants and ship services, announced the launch of five new state-of-the-art bunker fuel delivery vessels for its…

The first locally built, double-hull oil tanker made by a Filipino company was recently launched from the ship repair and shipbuilding firm Herma Shipyard, Inc (HSI) in Bataan. Named ?Matikas?, the newbuilding…

Ukrainian shipyard Zaliv plans to build ten 175,000 dwt bulk carrier for a Ukrainian company. The technical project of the ship designed by Chernomorsudoproject (Nikolaev) is at the final stage of approval…

The Newfoundland and Labrador government in Canada has awarded long-awaited contracts to replace two of the vessels in its aging domestic ferry fleet. The $50.5-million contract will be managed by Peter Kiewit…

Aker Yards has not yet received confirmation from FLC West that they have received approval from Ukraine competition authorities for FLC's acquisition from Aker Yards of 70% of the shares in the…

Samsung Heavy Industries had agreed to buy a 10% stake in Brazil's Estaleiro Atlantico Sul shipyard for some $22 million. The purchase is expected to help Samsung Heavy win orders for drill…

The Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft AS wants to purchase the ?Nowa? Shipyard in Szczecin, northwest Poland and the company ETA Ascom Star from Dubai, owned by Star Holding, owner of a shipyard…

Speed limits in the world's shipping lanes will be proposed today by Ruth Kelly, the transport secretary, when she announces plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Studies suggest that, although ships use…

Korean shipbuilder Daewoo has won a 697.3 billion won ($669.3 million) order to build a drill ship for an unidentified company in the Oceania region. Delivery is slated for December 2011.

Multi-trade shipping line Safmarine, a subsidiary of the AP Moller-Maersk group, has recently named its second post-Panamax container vessel, the ?Safmarine Komati?, after the Komati river that runs through South Africa, Swaziland…

The European Commission has cleared German car maker Volkswagen?s proposed takeover of Scandinavian commercial vehicles maker Scania, in which VW bought a majority stake in March. Volkswagen took sole control of Scania…