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General Dynamics Nassco has reached an agreement with the US Navy to build up to five additional T-AKE-class cargo ships. The deal has a potential value of $2.5 billion if the Navy…

Finnlines has ordered six new roro vessels from the Chinese Jinling shipyard. Each of the ice-class vessels will have about 3,200 lane meters and a service speed of 20 knots. The contract…

Drydocks World Dubai recently completed the construction of a 16,300 tonne drilling rig hull. The 120 metre long, 77 metre wide and 37.5 metre high ?Alpha Aker Spitsbergen? hull is currently being…

The Indonesian shipping business leader Oentoro Surya has said he will build a shipyard and heavy equipment factory at a cost of $230 million in Batam, just south of Singapore. "I want…

Derecktor Shipyards in Bridgeport, USA, has launched the second of two ferries for the Bermuda government. The Bridgeport shipbuilder won the contract for the second ferry late in 2006, shortly after it…

Around six firms including Bharati Shipyard, Hindustan Shipyard and other international firms have queued up for Shipping Corporation of India?s (SCI) plan to acquire four anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) with…

Oslo-based I.M. Skaugen (IMSK) recently took delivery of a second pressurized 3.200 m3 LPG carrier, named ?Qin Shi Huang? which has been fixed on a 12 months time charter contract. This follows…

Med Offshore (MO) has ordered a Damen 6615 AHTS from the Damen Offshore series. This is the second time MO has ordered an AHTS from Damen, following the AHTS 6114, Med Otto,…

Abu Dhabi Ship Building Co (ADSB) in Dubai, the Middle East?s largest naval builder, may set up a new shipyard for commercial vessels to tap demand from the region?s booming offshore oil…

Some 100 trade unionists from Gdansk Shipyard will picket the headquarters of the European Union (EU) in Brussels later this month to protest against plans of a decision on capacity reduction in…

ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has delivered one vessel each to UAE-based Lamnalco Group and Norway-based Deep Sea Supply ASA. An anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel was delivered to Lamnalco Group…

Samsung Heavy Industries plans to resolve its shortage of production facilities in light of the dramatic increase in orders it has experienced in recent years, by building a new mega block assembly…

The NSS-IMT 978 Platform Supply Vessel ?Grampian Talisman? was recently delivered to her owners North Star Shipping at the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. The newbuilding sailed from the port of Pasajes…

Bulgarian shipyard Bulyard Shipbuilding Industry will build three bulk carriers for Bulgarian state-owned shipping company Navigation Maritime Bulgare, after signing deals worth a total of EUR 88.2 million ($118.6 million).Two of the…

Vyborg Shipyard in Russia won the tender for the construction of drilling rigs for Gazprom. Valery Golubev, deputy chair of Gazprom said that the $2.3 billion contract involves the construction of hulls…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), the world's third-largest shipbuilder, has won orders valued at $2.1 billion to build 10 vessels. The deal from a European shipping company calls on DSME to…

Deep Sea Supply (DESSC) has taken delivery of ?Sea Otter?, a 6,500 bhp AHTS vessel from ABG shipyard in India. The vessel will go directly to Indonesia for a four months time…

Aker Floating Production?s (AFP) first FPSO vessel, contracted for offshore India, is slated to be completed on schedule. In the second quarter of 2007, the Indian company Reliance Industries Limited entered into…

Solstad Offshore SA (SOFF) in Norway has entered into two contracts with Aker Yards for the construction of one platform supply/ROV vessel of Aker PSV / ROV 06 CD design and one…

Last Friday MODEC, BHP Billiton, and the Jurong Shipyard celebrated the naming ceremony of the FPSO Stybarrow Venture MV16. MODEC is the vessel owner and operator, BHP Billiton holds the long term…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has signed a contract to build four container vessels valued at about $485 from an unidentified German shipping company. The 8,400 TEU newbuildings will be delivered…