Month: November 2006

A consortium trying to land a large shipbuilding contract in Halifax, Canada, is out of the running, a spokeswoman for one of the companies in the syndicate said. Irving official Mary Keith…

STX Shipbuilding received orders for three 50,400 DWT product carrier. One vessel was ordered by ETA (Emirates Trading Agency) in Dubai for delivery in 2009. Ship particulars are a length of 183m,…

The European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC), which represents more than 1,250 companies across Europe in the marine equipment sector, welcomes the draft EEuropean Parliament (EP TRAN) committee report from Luis de Grandes…

Uncertainty again hangs over Appledore Shipbuilders in England with the loss of a hoped-for £30 million order which has been awarded to a Norwegian shipbuilder and sparking a Transatlantic row.Following the loss…

More than 100 new offshore drilling rigs and drill ships scheduled for delivery during the next few years will likely be late because of a backlog of shipyard work, said Mark Burns,…

Korea's shipbuilding exports will gain 6.1% every year on average for the next 10 years thanks to its technological edge and brisk market, said a London-based market research unit. Having posted an…

BAE Systems, which recently received a Letter of Intent to provide two frigates for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) via an industrial partnership with Labuan Shipyard & Engineering Sdn Bhd (LSE), believes…

The Executive Board and Supervisory Board of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) advised their shareholders to reject the acquisition offer by Bureau Veritas (BV). It would neither meet the needs of the Society and…