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Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE), a wholly-owned unit of MISC Bhd, is seeking to collaborate with other shipyards in the country in the construction of deepwater facilities for the…

Wärtsilä, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are establishing a joint venture to manufacture large, low-speed marine engines in China. CSIC will hold 50% of the joint venture,…

Matson Navigation in the US has signed a $17 million contract with Atlantic Marine Alabama to convert a Matson containership to one that can partly serve as a vehicle carrier. The ?Mokihana?…

Concordia Maritime in Sweden has exercised existing options and placed an order with the Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia for a further two vessels in the P-MAX series, thus extending the series to…

Two more for MaerskAP. Moller - Maersk AS has announced that they will exercise the option with Aker Yards to build another two Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS). The value of…

Solstad Offshore ASA has entered into a contract with Karmsund Maritime Service AS for the building of two large anchor handling vessels (AHTS). They are developed in close cooperation between SOFF and…

Kuwait Oil Tanker (KOTC) plans to order four VLCCs at a total cost of some $500 million. The new order was approved by the national oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and will…

Offshore drilling rig contractor Ensco International has contracted Singapore shipyard Keppel FELS to construct a $385 million ultra-deep water semisubmersible rig. Delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2009.Ensco said is…

In what could be the world?s fourth-largest shipyard is nearing completion in Redondo Peninsula, Subic Bay, Philippines, and it promises to generate $3.6 billion in annual sales. The $1 billion Hanjin Shipbuilding…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is in advanced talks to buy Chinese steel maker Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co. Ltd. after completing due diligence. "We are in negotiations over the terms of the…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will build container ships using Nippon Steel Corp. steel plates with a tensile strength much stronger than plates used in commercial ships throughout the industry. The plates, which…

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has decided to exercise the option with Aker Yards, Langsten, to build an additional new third generation Ramform vessel, "Ramform 8". This new and improved Ramform class seismic vessel…

The US Navy has awarded a $200 million contract to Pascagoula-based shipbuilder VT Halter Marine for construction of a vessel that will carry high-tech radar equipment to monitor ballistic missile activity. The…

A new class of U.S. Navy warships was launched recently at Marinette Marine. The littoral combat ship, named Freedom, is 377-foot long, can sail at more than 40 knots and will act…

V-T Halter Marine will build a new $15 million coastal mapping ship for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company expects to deliver the 124-foot, twin-hull ship in the summer of…

MTU in Friedrichshafen is unveiling at SMM its new generation of the 4000 series marine diesel engines which will be cleaner and more powerful than their predecessors.The latest Series 4000 engines are…

The Halifax Shipyard of Irving Shipbuilding is getting back into building ships with a contract to build a small cruise ship for Pearl Sea Cruises of Connecticut. Although there is no firm…

EnSolve Biosystems in the USA has successfully completed testing its new oily water separator (OWS) system for U.S. Coast Guard type approval. The new-generation PetroLiminator PL630M was tested to meet the new…

Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp.'s Holland America Line has hired SeaMobile Enterprises to provide the company's 13 ships with wireless cell phone and personal digital assistant device communications. SeaMobile will begin installing…

CSSC held a ceremony in Guangzhou Longxue Island for the start of construction of the largest ship repair yard in southern China. Ship repair business is one of the primary sectors in…

The Marine Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Association (MHFCA) has been officially registered this week in Germany as a non-profit organisation and has already attracted over 120 organisations to pre-register for membership from…

South Korea?s Posco, the world's fifth-largest steel maker, is looking to buy an Asian steel maker and studying a possible buyout target and timing of an acquisition. "In line with the merger…