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ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has secured a major order for 12 bulk carriers of 32,000 DWT at a total price of $360 million from Precious Shipping Public Co. Ltd. (PSL), Thailand,…

The European Commission has welcomed the proposal by Poland to reduce capacity in the country?s shipyards at Szczecin and Gdynia, as a necessary step forward in the restructuring process financed by state…

Mitsui O.S. K. Lines (MOL) has started onboard training using its newly built training vessel, the SPIRIT OF MOL. The first intake of trainees took place in Manila, one of the company?s…

Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured four contracts worth a total of $230 million to build six offshore support…

A Korean investor is looking for sites in Fiji to set up a shipyard and slipways for a multi-million dollar project. At the moment Fiji has the capacity to service vessels up…

Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) in the UK has ordered two new purpose built ships for transporting radioactive materials from Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding. The Japanese shipbuilder is currently building the ?Pacific…

The long-awaited UK government announcement giving the go-ahead for the construction of two CVFs, the new future aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, is expected before the end of next week. Ministers…

Simek shipyard in Norway has delivered ?Dina Supplier? to its owner Myklebusthaug Offshore AS, Fonnes, Norway. This PSV is the 100th UT 755 design to have been delivered to date.The newbuilding is…

To replace three 40 years old pilot station vessels, operating in the Deutsche Bucht, the German authorities recently ordered two new SWATH-type vessels from Abeking & Rasmussen (A&R) in Lemwerder, near Bremen.…

Aveva, a leading provider of plant and marine design and engineering lifecycle solutions, has won a new contract with Korean shipbuilder SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Gyeongnam. SLS Shipbuilding is one of…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea has won a $592.3 million container ship order from an Asian shipper. The vessels will be delivered to the unidentified shipper by the end…

The first of a series of ships ordered by Finnish chartering and operations company Meriaura Oy Ltd has been launched at Remontowa SA, in Poland.Named ?Aura?, (yard no. B 602/1), this is…

Deep Sea Supply ASA in Arendal, Norway, has taken delivery of the 3rd of eight PSV newbuildings from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel ?Sea Angler?, a UT 755L platform supply vessel,…

Taiwan's state-run shipbuilding company CSBC has received orders for 11 container ships, which boosts its total orders to 67 ships, enough to keep the yard busy until 2012. On Monday, CSBC signed…

Singapore-based shipbuilder Labroy Marine has signed two shipbuilding contracts with a German customer for two platform supply vessels. The contracts are worth $47.2 million and the vessels are scheduled to be delivered…

MAN Diesel has received the first order for its 7K80ME-C, Mark-9 engine.Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will build four such engines for the A.P. M?ller Group, intended for container ships to be constructed…

Hong Kong-based Sam Woo Holdings, a marine transportation company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Viet Nam?s Nha Trang Vinalines Marine to build a shipyard in Viet Nam. Work on the…

Jan de Nul, the Belgian dredging company, has placed orders with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industries Co Ltd in Tianjin, China, for eight new vessels.The contracts include one 3,700m3 splithopper dredger similar…

Dubai Drydocks World, the global maritime arm of Dubai World, has, as of 10 July 2007, received acceptances of approximately 84.82% of Pan-United Marine Limited (PUM) shares, in connection with its voluntary…