Month: December 2007

The government of Pakistan is seeking advisory services from internationally qualified firms led by a reputable international financial institution/investment bank for development of shipyards at Port Qasim, Karachi and Gwadar Port. Officials…

The production value of Taiwan's shipbuilding industry is expected to amount to NT$52 billion ($1.6 billion) for 2007, up 21% over the year-earlier level, according to tallies released by the Industrial Development…

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard Group, recently delivered a 16,600 dwt chemical tanker, the Sten Arnold, completed at its Shanghai Changxing Shipbuilding facility, to its Norwegian owner, Rederiet Stenersen. The Bergen-based shipowner ordered…

Power, a United Technologies Corp. company, has signed a contract for the development phase of a program with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, S.A., to supply a 300kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell…

Samsung Heavy Industries has obtained new orders totaling $2.41 billion including a $1.15-billion deal to build two semi-submersible floating drilling rigs for an undisclosed Russian client for delivery in September 2010. In…

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has won a $1.4 billion contract from China's Cosco Container Lines to build twenty 4,250 teu container ships. This includes options for four ships.The vessels are to be delivered between…

The U.S. Navy plans to contribute up to $33 million to an Austal USA modular shipbuilding facility whose price tag could reach $200 million, Austal Ltd. said in a news release issued…

The largest shipbuilding facility in the Middle East is to be constructed in Turkey and is expected to go on stream within five years. The cost of the project, which is to…