Month: January 2008

Meiji Shipping in Japan has ordered one 50,000 DWT (MR-type) product carrier from Onomichi Dockyard and two 56,000 DWT Handymax bulkers from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES). The PC is due for…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has won a 465.3 billion won ($492.5 million) order to build two LNG carriers for the state-run gas carrier of Brunei.The contract also has an option…

The Indonesian navy has taken delivery of the second of four corvettes ordered from the Netherlands. The 1,600-tonne Sigma-class corvette, named ?KRI Hasanuddin-366?, will join the navy's Western Fleet as a patrol…

The Indian state-owned shipbuilder and ship repairer Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore in modernising its facilities in the next five years enabling it to enter the naval…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is to construct a Won162.2bn block facility to speed up construction of its four-year order backlog. Work on the new factory at its Okpo facility will…

The Copenhagen-based AP Moller-Maersk is to dispose of its car-carrying ships to Norway?s Höegh Autoliners in the latest restructuring move. The move will help Höegh in its efforts to expand its fleet…

STX Shipbuilding has won a deal valued at 204 billion won ($215 million) to build two bulk carriers. The contract from a European shipping company calls on the Korean shipbuilder to deliver…

Austal has signed a contract for four additional 47.5 metre passenger catamarans with Cotai WaterJets (Macao) Ltd, adding to the initial ten-vessel contract signed in 2006 by sister company Venetian Marketing Services…