Month: August 2006

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…

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…

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…

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

The Hamburg based shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt has put another container ship into service. The "E.R. Toronto" is a super-post-Panamax newbuilding with a container capacity of 8,204 teu. This is part of…

South Korea?s steel manufacturer, Posco, the world's fourth-biggest steelmaker, said it's interested in acquiring Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). "We are looking with interest on a takeover but nothing has been…