Month: August 2008

For decades, Palmer Johnson in the US has produced some of the world's largest luxury motor yachts and, last week, president and CEO Mike Kelsey Jr. confirmed that the company was opening…

The Ice Maiden 1 conversion contract at A&P Tyne, Hebburn, should have kept several hundred workers busy until next March. But the order is now in doubt after troubled Scottish company C&M…

Cosco Shipyard Group will build two more Sevan 650 drilling units at a combined value of $500 million for Sevan Marine ASA. Sevan has made prepayment of S$7 million to secure the…

According to Jiujiang Yingxin Shipbuilding Company (JYSC), one of the largest private shipbuilders in China, the company has recently signed a large newbuild contract with Dalian Haichang. The contract involves building 20…

Brazilian iron ore miner Vale has ordered 12 very large ore carriers (VLOC) from Chinese shipbuilder RongSheng Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry for $1.6 billion. Each of the ore carriers will have a…

Italian-based Siba Ships, the world?s leading maritime livestock transporting company, has placed a $250 million order for two livestock carriers to be built at Croatia?s Uljanik yard. The new vessels will carry…

Austal?s US operation located in Mobile, Alabama, celebrated the start of work on its Modular Manufacturing Facility (MMF) with a groundbreaking ceremony. The MMF project when complete will include 65,000m2 of manufacturing…

Seattle-based naval architect firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA), is further expanding its international focus after opening an office in Shanghai, China in 2004, and has announced the establishment of a…

A report on the progress of negotiations with investors interested in buying the Polish shipyards was sent to the Polish Treasury Minister yesterday. Aleksander Grad has designated special teams to conduct the…