Month: April 2007

Keppel FELS Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured a $305 million contract to construct a 440-person North Sea accommodation semi-submersible for Floatel International (Floatel).…

Vietnam?s Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, gave the nod Vinashin to build six high-speed passenger ships to operate on the north-south sea route. The 160m-long ships, to be fitted with 60,000kW engines,…

Golden Ocean Group Ltd. has acquired two newbuilding contracts each at Daehan Shipbuilding in South Korea and Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard in China. According to the company, the vessels of 170,000 dwt and…

Cala Corp. based in Titusville, Florida, and trading under the ticker of CCAA, has submitted its proposal to Marsa Shipyard to construct the first ?undersea resort ship? in history. The proposal was…

The Canadian federal government has announced it will spend $284.5 million to purchase six new vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard.The vessels, which will be phased into the existing coast guard fleet…

Seaspan Corporation has signed contracts to build four 4,250 TEU container ships at Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding in China. These new orders are in addition to the ten 2,500 TEU vessels Seaspan…

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, may purchase tankers from Brazilian shipyards to export ethanol as the company moves to quadruple foreign sales of the biofuel. The ships would expand a…

Daesun Shipbuilding in South Korea wins a new order for a chemical tanker from ship owner in Marshall Islands at the price of W 71.5 billion. Delivery will be made in November…

The Indian shipbuilding industry is on a high growth trajectory and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 30%. In a recent report, a consultancy firm has said…

Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG), a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen S.A. has signed an agreement with SLS Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (SLS) in Korea for four 43,000 DWT parcel tankers. The aggregate price for the…