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The European Commission said there will be no decision before the summer vacation on whether Poland will face penalties over shipyard restructuring. "We are in regular contact with the Polish authorities and…

International and local construction firms have shown interest in a contract to develop a ship repair yard and dry dock complex in south-eastern Oman, the state tender board said. As many as…

Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark has confirmed it has entered a final contract with the UK-based EPIC Shipping Group for building and delivery of six Ro-Ro vessels.The vessels are 193 meters long,…

COSCO Corp (Singapore) Ltd has secured $563 million worth of ship conversion and shipbuilding contracts from undisclosed international customers. The projects, which include 10 conversions and the building of eight new bulk…

Singapore-based Keppel Corp said its Keppel Shipyard has won a $100 million contract to supply and install equipment on a drilling ship which is being built in a shipyard in China and…

Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build a third ultra-deepwater drill ship at the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea. The contract has a total project value of $598 million with…

The Australian government has awarded the $3 billion contract for two of the Royal Australian Navy's new landing ships to a consortium of Spanish firm Navantia and Tenix in Victoria. The hulls…

A final decision to place the £3.8bn order for the Royal Navy?s future aircraft carrier programme (CVF), already delayed from last year, is now unlikely before October or November while French suggestions…

Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA in Norway has reached an agreement with Sasaki Shipbuilding in Japan for six 2,500 cbm semi/pressurized LPG carriers at a cost of $14.2 million each. The vessels…

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has strengthened its US service network by purchasing Maritime Solutions Inc, a Norfolk, Virginia-based lifeboat and davit service company.Gary Joseph, president of Schat-Harding USA, says, "We have…

The Piraeus-based Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, has recently…

After investing over $1.6 billion in Subic Bay Freeport for a shipbuilding facility, Korea?s shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) is investing another $1 billion in the state-owned Phivedec Industrial Estate…

Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering Co. (DSME) has won a deal valued at $1.5 billion to build nine container vessels. The order from a European shipping company calls on DSME to deliver…

The government of Trinidad is currently looking into the establishment of a local shipbuilding industry. Minister in the Ministry of Finance Christine Sahadeo made the announcement and said that as part of…

Norwegian offshore engineering and construction contractor Acergy SA has signed an agreement with Havila Shipping for a new build diving support vessel (DSV) for Northern Europe operations which will join the Acergy…

Fincantieri?s Muggiano shipyard (La Spezia) has launched the "Sagar Nidhi" ("Pearl of the Oceans"), an oceanographic vessel ordered for the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Madras. The 5,000-ton ship, whose aft…

French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered a new roro ferry for its LD Lines subsidiary, which currently operates the services between the UK ports of Portsmouth and Newhaven and…

Halul Offshore Services Company (HOSC) in Doha received delivery of their newly-built DP1 Anchor Handling Tug supply vessel ?Halul 26?. The vessel was built by Q-Con at Mesaieed, Qatar, a Shipyard owned…