Month: February 2007

Austal and New World First Ferry Services (Macau) Limited (First Ferry (Macau)) have announced the order of two new high-speed catamarans for operation between Macau and Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.With five…

HHI?s Engine & Machinery Division has maintained its steady annual growth sine starting up the production of medium-speed (4-stroke) diesel engines in 1990. The company has rapidly increased its capacity since 2000,…

A delegation of shipbuilders from Denmark is currently in Vietnam to discuss investment in that country.Two conferences on shipbuilding technology will be organized in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A Vietnam-Denmark…

The Vietnamese government has given the green light for STX Shipbuilding to build a $500 million shipyard covering 300 hectares in the central region. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had approved ?in…

Pakistan is eager to co-operate with Turkey in the area of shipbuilding and, in particular, the building of four corvettes for the Pakistani navy. Informed sources say that Turkey is expected to…

Hyundai Heavy Industry?s (HHI) Engine & Machinery Division recently successfully completed operational tests for a side thruster with a capacity of 2,000kW. The side thruster will be installed in a 145,000m3 LNG…

Mike Turner, chief executive of the UK?s defence company BAE, recently said that the firm was "looking very hard" at acquiring the Devonport-based naval support firm DML as part of its plans…

NGV Tech Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian shipbuilder specialising in aluminium-hulled fast patrol boats, plans to double its present production capacity to 20 units from its present 10 to 12 units. Managing director…