Month: March 2008

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…

Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering (DSSE) has cancelled a contract with an unidentified Asian shipowner for the construction of six 32,000-dwt bulkers plus two on option. It blamed the owner's failure to…

A £300 million contract awarded to Tees Alliance Group promises to bring a new lease of life to the Haverton Hill shipyard near Billingham, Teesside in England and will create up to…

The new year has brought good news to JCMC (Jotun COSCO Marine Coatings). Earlier this year in January, JCMC signed a paint contract for 80 vessels to be built at Dayang Shipyard.…

South Korea?s Hanjin Heavy Industries needs 40,000 workers over the next few years to construct and operate their $2 billion shipyard in Tagoloan, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. "Hanjin…

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) further strengthens its leading position on the RoRo market by securing two contracts for the building of seven ships in total. As a result of these new orders, production…

In a new phase of its major fleet expansion, freight-only specialist Seatruck Ferries in the UK has placed an order for four new generation ro-ro vessels with the German shipbuilder FSG (Flensburger…

Aker Yards and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) have reached an understanding regarding the basis on which RCCL will order a fourth ship in the Freedom class, currently the world's largest cruise…

State-run Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI), the county?s biggest shipping firm by fleet size and revenues, is in talks with South Korean shipbuilder STX Shipbuilding Co. Ltd for a joint venture…