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Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding secured a contract for three LNG carriers from two domestic gas tanker operators. The 47,000 cbm newbuildings will be delivered on November 2008, July and October 2009. This latest…

In the largest ever commercial shipping contract in the world, RasGas (3) signed time charter agreements with JC Nakilat and Teekay Nakilat for $9bn 25-year charter of 12 large Q-Flex sized membrane…

The newbuilding, currently being built by Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering at their Batam, Indonesia, yard near Singapore, is a 70 m, 5,500 BHP, approximately 70 tonne bollard pull, DP2 anchor handling towing…

BP Oil Shipping Co. USA has received delivery of the third of four 193,050 dwt Alaska-class double-hull crude oil tankers being built by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco), San Diego. The…

The Hamburg shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt recently commissioned its 60th ship, with the 8,200TEU ?E.R. Tianan?. This Post-Panamax ship is one of the largest in the world, with length overall 335 metres,…

The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Italian classification society RINA have signed a new agreement on co-operation in performing surveys of ships and floating structures under construction and in service,…

Aker Langsten shipyard in Norway has delivered the first in a series of six PSVs to Siem Offshore Inc. The 73.4 metre long, 16.6 metre wide vessel bears the name ?Sasha? and…

The European Commission said it has rejected a request from the Italian government to aid an extension of the delivery of a cruise ship at the Fincantieri shipyard.The commission said that as…

The first ship built since 1990 for a Romanian ship owner was launched at Constanta Shipyard. The 41,000 TDW oil tanker ?Histria Perla? was designed by ICEPRONAV Galati and was ordered by…

ThyssenKrupp Technologies and EADS signed a Memorandum of Understanding making both companies a team in the bidding process for Atlas Elektronik, a subsidiary of BAE systems, and are submitting a joint bid.…

Top offshore oil-rig builder Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) said it would settle for fewer new orders next year and would not build or buy new yards as it is already…

Flensburger shipyard in Germany has signed contracts for four ships plus six options of its new design ConRo 200 with a European Shipowner. The price of the newbuildings is not being disclosed.…

Farstad Supply, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norway-based Farstad Shipping, has confirmed an order for a platform supply vessel with West Contractors of ?lensvåg, Norway. Delivery is scheduled for January 2007.The newbuilding, of…

Hyundai has delivered three 100,000 DWT oil tankers for Sakhalin-1 Oil and Gas Project costing $150m. The tankers were ordered by Sovcomflot, Russia?s largest shipping company, and were designed and built specifically…

Ship repair work has restarted at the former Cammell Laird dry docks in Birkenhead.Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders has been let back into the yard by landlord Reddington Finance as the two companies…

Gdynia shipyard recently submitted to the Polish Treasury, a proposal to sell Stocznia Gdynia.Meanwhile, the Polish government will prepare a list of measures necessary to implement the splitting up of the two…

Construction began a few days ago on the Thinh Long shipyard in the northern province of Nam Dinh in Vietnam. The new facility will form part of the Hoang Anh Shipbuilding Joint…

Hanjin Shipping will double its container fleet by 2010. To achieve the goal, Hanjin will place a new order for five 10,000TEU container ships next year for delivered in 2009. The timing…

Transocean Inc has entered into an agreement with Chevron Corp for the upgrade of one of Transocean's Sedco 700-series semi submersible rigs. Under the terms of the drilling contract, Chevron will contract…

The Belgian shipping company EXMAR has confirmed a long-term charter party with Excelerate Energy LP, Woodlands, Texas, of a further LNG regasification vessel (LNGRV). The vessel will be built by Daewoo (DSME)…

The European Union threatened to ban about 200 cargo ships from its waters to prevent accidents such as the sinking of an oil tanker off the Spanish coast three years ago. The…

The Malaysian shipbuilder NGV Tech Sdn Bhd plans to expand its shipyard in Sijangkang to cope with the increasing demand for newbuildings. The Sijangkang yard which has the capability to build mainly…

Officials have signed off on a plan for the US Navy to begin detailed design and procurement for materials to build eight new generation destroyers. Kenneth Kreig, the Under Secretary of Defense…