Month: March 2008

Aker Yards has been awarded a contract with DOF ASA to build an innovative LNG-powered platform supply vessel. The vessel will be designed and equipped with the newest and most innovative environmentally…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) contacted with North Korean officials last week in a bid to keep a joint shipyard construction project afloat amid stalled government-level efforts. According to the Unification…

Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the Persian Gulf's only specialised naval warship builder, has been awarded the Al Saber project, a multimillion dollar contract to build 12 patrol boats for the UAE…

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG (TKMS), headquartered in Hamburg, will restructure as of 1 April. The board recently decided that the naval shipbuilding and merchant shipbuilding sectors of Blohm + Voss GmbH are…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has clinched two contracts to build a total of twelve bulk carriers. The first deal, valued at 758 billion won ($792 million), is for eight bulk carriers ordered…

JFE Holdings Inc, the world's third-biggest steelmaker, will spend 30-40 billion yen ($289-$385 million) to take control of a shipbuilding joint venture according to reports in the Nikkei business daily.The move, which…

The Arab Ship Building and Repair Yard (ASRY)in Bahrain has formed a new operating company to be called ASRY Offshore Services, (AOS). ASRY has over recent years seen a rapid growth in…

The French giant shipping company CMA CGM has ordered four new CON RO vessels from South Korea's Hyundai Mipo for delivery in the second half of 2011. The new vessels will be…

The Greek bunkering company Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. has exercised its options with Qingdao Hyundai Shipyard, China, to purchase four new 5,500 DWT double- hull bunkering tankers. The newbuildings are expected…

All the shipyards in Istanbul's Tuzla district will be closed down if they do not implement regulations to prevent further worker deaths according to a local source. The success of shipyards should…