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The future USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully completed acceptance trials this week after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the United States Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey…

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved closer yesterday to finalizing new engine and fuel standards for the largest ocean-bound ships by sending the draft rules to the White House for review.…

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, has won a $1.4 billion deal to build an offshore gas platform in Myanmar. It said it secured the order from Daewoo International,…

Bergen Group BMV in Norway has negotiated a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding Group LP about takeover of the shipyard hull number 164, a large DP3 offshore vessel that will be completed…

NYK Shipmanagement Singapore is taking competence management to new heights after it recently became the first Asian ship manager to be certified in accordance with the DNV standard for competence management system.…

Global shipbuilding executives will meet in Berlin, Germany, at the end of October for the 18th annual JECKU Top Executive Meeting. From 28 to 30 October, the JECKU convention, an acronym of…

The United States and Canada are nearing an international agreement to clean up the emissions of ships travelling within 200 nautical miles offshore. Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calculate that…

San Diego-based General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, laid the keel for USNS Washington Chambers, the eleventh ship of the Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo-ammunition ships…

The US Department of Transportation announced 70 grants totalling $98 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds that will be used to improve small shipyards throughout the United States. The…

A tender for the sale of Croatia's state-owned shipyards has already attracted firm interest at home and abroad following the recent issue of an international tender for the sale of six shipyards.…

Amendments to the MARPOL Convention to prevent pollution during ship-to-ship oil transfer operations were adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) when it met for…

Groupe Desgagnés has christened, in Quebec, two new vessels built for its subsidiary Transport Desgagnés in Shanghai, China. "With each a length of over 138m, a total carrying capacity of 20,000m3 in…

The US Navy has exercised contract options funding Austal?s acquisition of long lead-time material associated with the construction of two additional 103-metre Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV). Austal was awarded the initial…

At its 42nd meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2008 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and RecognizedOrganizations. These lists will take effect from 1…

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) has hailed news that the United States and Canada plans to introduce Emissions Control Areas (ECAs) in North America as an opportunity for shipping to…

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) yesterday hailed news that the United States and Canada plan to introduce Emissions Control Areas (ECAs) in North America as an opportunity for shipping to…

Austal USA has won a contract to design and build the US Department of Defence's next generation multi-use platform, the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), as part of a programme potentially worth…