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V.T. Halter has laid the keels for two National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ships at its shipyard in Moss Point, Mississippi. These two high-tech newbuildings will replace ships that are over…

ONGC in India has contracted with Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) to provide consultancy for the design, construction and delivery of a 110m x 19m x 9.25m well stimulation vessel. The…

The Belgian shipping group CMB said its unit Bocimar International has ordered, in a joint venture with Wah Kwong, two newbuilding Handymax vessels from Chengxi Shipyard, China. Delivery of the vessels is…

The fleet management program ?GL ShipManager? has its first international clients. Finnish shipping company Oy Langh Ship and Danish company Transmarine Management have entrusted Ms Logistik Systeme, a Germanischer Lloyd Group company,…

The booming global economy and high oil price have led to strong demand for seismographic ship and DNV is experiencing a tenfold increase in classification requests compared to previous years for this…

Stavanger-based SeaMetric International AS has signed a contract for the construction, assembly and testing of the first 20,000 tonnes capacity Twin Marine Lifter (TML) system. Developed for installation and removal of such…

The Canadian federal government is keeping afloat a subsidy program for buyers of Canadian-built ships. Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay and Industry Minister Maxime Bernier said Thursday that Ottawa will renew and…

Groundbreaking for the soon-to-be world's second-largest shipyard, to be constructed in the Yumurtalık Free Trade Zone in Adana, will take place in July this year. Bülent Uzunsa?, board chairman of Hay Shipbuilding…

The Indonesian shipbuilding industry is recovering from a two-year-long downturn as shipbuilders benefit from an influx of both domestic and overseas orders. A government official said "The industry is expected to grow…

MacGREGOR, part of the Cargotec Corporation, has been awarded a contract for the delivery of heavy-lift cranes and the design and key components for folding weather deck hatch covers and lift-away covers…

International classification society RINA has been named as the second best performing classification society for 2006 in the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control. The Paris MOU is an administrative…

Eimskip-CTG in Norway, has received its third newbuild reefer vessel in 18 months. The vessel was built at Myklebust Verft in Norway and is a combined reefer and container vessel. It is…

Aberdeen-based marine and subsea support specialist TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has taken delivery of its new offshore support vessel, Rem Etive. The multi-purpose vessel was delivered from the Kleven shipyard in Norway last…

Keppel FELS Limited has secured an order for an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible (semi) drilling rig from a wholly-owned subsidiary of ENSCO International Incorporated (ENSCO). The total project value is $427 million. The semi,…

Wärtsilä's licensed enginebuilders have in recent months booked orders for 52 of Wärtsilä's new series of 82-cm bore low-speed marine engines with an aggregate power of 1,726 MW. The engines were introduced…

Building on the strengths of already established services in the North Sea and Asia pacific, the MacGregor Group?s new Offshore division is set to provide a greater level of attention and service…

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems to design and build the first replacement amphibious assault ship.The work will be conducted at Northrop?s shipyards in…

Singapore?s Keppel Corp said it may look to snap up Asian shipbuilding yards in several years time when it expects a glut in capacity to depress asset prices.Choo Chiau Beng, Chief Executive…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received a 1.22 trillion-won ($1.3 billion) order to build container ships. The deal from a European company calls for Daewoo to build the 9,100 TEU vessels…

India and South Korea this week will lay the groundwork for defence cooperation during the first visit of a South Korean defence minister to India. The two country?s defence ministers will be…

Norwegian-based Belships ASA has entered into an agreement whereby the company will purchase building contracts for 5 supramax bulk carriers at about 58.000 dwt at a total cost of about $200 million.…

Halul Offshore Services (HOSC), the Qatari support services company, has signed a contract with the Singaporean shipbuilder Pacific Ocean Engineering for construction of four safety standby vessels at a cost of approximately…