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V-T Halter Marine has launched a 178 metre vessel designed to transport more than 3,000 vehicles between California and Hawaii. The M-V Jean Anne is the first of its kind to be…

The maverick Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who has just received a mandate to continue as president for the next three years, declared at a top-level meeting of Mercosur ministers and leaders that…

In June this year the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), Miami, announced that the production of the cruise liner Pride of America shall be continued at Germany?s Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven. The vessel…

GE Infrastructure, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric, has begun field testing a cost-effective container security product for use in maritime shipping. The company, headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut, expects to roll…

A report released last month by the American Shipbuilding Association (ASA) paints a gloomy forecast about the future of shipbuilding in the USA. The ?Shipbuilding Industrial Base Survey and Report? centers on…

Austal, the Australian shipbuilder, reported a net profit after tax and outside equity interests of $20.1 million for the financial year ended 30 June 2004. This significantly improved result flows from a…

Norshipco shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, part of the United States Marine Repair, America's leading non-nuclear ship repair and conversion company, will lay off 400 people in what the shipyard hopes will be…

According to the Philippines? Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), twenty-five of the country?s 120 major ports have yet to comply with the new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code…

Top military commanders of Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia are scheduled to meet on July 20 in Batam, Indonesia, to sign an agreement on security patrols in the Strait of Malacca. Under the…

A number of recommendations relating to the marine transportation of compressed natural gas (CNG) have emerged following an international gathering held in St. John, Canada. With support from the Centre for Marine…