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The first of two Con-Ro vessels for the Belgium customer Cobelfret was launched at Flensburger Schiffbau in Flensburg, Germany. Delivery is planned for November 2006. The new vessel will be named after…

Aker Yards has finalized the transaction with Kleven Maritime to acquire Kleven Flor? AS and Kleven Design AS. The previously announced joint venture with Damen Shipyard Group in Ukraine creates an opportunity…

The private Indian shipyard Bharati Shipyard has firmed up plans to foray into oil rig construction. The company, which operates three yards, has tied up with a major US-based oil manufacturing company…

Celebrity Cruises announced cancellation of yet another cruise, this one a 10-night Alaska voyage a month from now on the cruise ship ?Infinity?, as a result of a new variant of the…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) contracted with Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard for the supply of nine sets of marine propulsion engines (MAN B&W 7K90MC-C) and 68 diesel generating sets (HiMSEN 7H21/32), which…

US and Italian shipyards are rumoured to be favourites to win tenders to build 19 ships and patrol boats for the fledgling Iraqi navy to enable it to take over security of…

The Odense Steel Shipyard recently delivered its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, to the A.P. Moller ? Maersk Group. Named ?Emma M?rsk?, the world?s largest container vessel she will set…

The King Abdulaziz Port in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia can now repair offshore drilling rigs and is encouraging rig operators to use its facilities. "Repairs of drilling rigs have been…

Hyundai Samho HAS delivered a 9,400TEU container ship to CMA CGM.She is named as CMA CGM Norma. Ship particulars are 349m in length, 42.8m in breadth and 22.8m in depth and a…

The state-owned Industrial Development Agency (ARP) in Poland has signed a deal with Gdynia Shipyard that will allow it to take over the Gdansk Shipyard, previously owned by the Gdynia yard. ARP…

The 1962 built ?Savannah?, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship is being rescued from a floating graveyard in Virginia and restored as a possible museum. Colonna's Shipyard of Norfolk, Va.,…

The Washington State Ferries (WSF) is building four new ferries to replace older vessels that are being retired. Some are nearly 80 years old. The newbuildings will carry 144 cars, and will…

Aker Yards has today finalized the transaction with Kleven Maritime to acquire Kleven Flor? AS and Kleven Design AS. The previously announced joint venture with Damen Shipyard Group in Ukraine creates an…

The Chinese COSCO Shipyard Group, a company engaged in ship repair and conversion, has secured its first Floating Storage and Offloading Unit (FSO) new building and conversion contracts. The three contracts, which…

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has secured a groundbreaking contract to design and build its first drilling rig for deployment in Brazilian waters. The…

Shanghai Chengxi Shipyard in China clinched two 3,500TEU container ships from NV in Germany for delivery during 2009.

Admiralty Shipyards, a St. Petersburg-based company, has started the second round of sea trials of a new diesel-electric submarine. The ?St. Petersburg?, a Project 677 or Lada-class diesel submarine, was designed by…