Month: March 2008

Vyborg Shipyard in Russia will start building a new super shipyard that will enable it to build oil tankers and LNG carriers with deadweight of more than 170,000 tonnes making it the…

Rolls-Royce has won a £58 million contract to deliver design and equipment systems for two of the world?s most advanced offshore support vessels, a first for the Chinese market. The vessels have…

There are growing signs the credit crunch that began with the US housing market is spreading to the world's shipyards. Over the last couple of years order books at most shipyards around…

The world?s first modern multipurpose heavy lift project carrier newbuilding, which uses wind energy as additional propulsion, has successfully completed her two-month maiden voyage last week, after a double transatlantic passage totalling…

Another Bangladesh shipbuilding company signed a memorandum of understanding with a Dutch firm to supply eight sea-going vessels worth $87 million. Highspeed Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd signed the MoU with Hollander…

Malaysian shipbuilder Coastal Contracts Bhd expects to secure a further $126 million worth of new offshore support vessels (OSV) orders this year, said executive chairman Ng Chin Heng.Ng said the Sabah-based company…

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) may soon forge a mega shipyard JV with India?s leading shipbuilding company ABG Shipyard. Some sources close to the development say that South Korean shipping major…

The managing director of A&P Tyne in the UK, Dave Skentelbery, recently said: "We have the ability to build new ships. The skills are still on the river. There are projects with…

Singapore shipyard ASL Marine has won three shipbuilding contracts worth S$126 million ($91.1 million). The three ships will be delivered in 2010.The first contract with Belgian group DEME is for a self-propelled…

The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) has signed 22 contracts worth $2bn for shipbuilding, maritime transportation, developing ancillary industries for Viet Nam?s shipping fleet and financing and insurance, reports the Vietnam…