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REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Despite the global financial crisis, Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC) in Portugal had, in terms of ship repair results, its second best year ever in 2009.

28th March 2010

ENVC facing uncertain times

28th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

While many ports are experimenting with a range of designs for their docking assist tugs, three ports on Korea’s west coast chose to stay with a well-proven design.

28th March 2010

Korean harbour tugs do the job

28th March 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Kawasaki Shipbuilding has delivered the LNG Carrier Taitar No.2 to NiMiC No. 2 S.A. of Panama. The newbuilding is the 11th in a line of 145,000 m3 LNG carriers boasting the latest…

27th March 2010

Kawasaki delivers LNG carrier

27th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel FELS is on course to deliver Floatel Superior, the first of two newbuild accommodation semisubmersibles (floatels) to the Swedish company Floatel International.

27th March 2010

Keppel to deliver first North Sea-compliant floatel newbuilding

27th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The latest cutter suction dredger, ordered by the Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul, was recently launched at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste shipyard in Pula, Croatia.

27th March 2010

Croatia launches cutter suction dredger

27th March 2010

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

Bahrain’s ASRY has signed a ‘heads of agreement’ with the UK’s A&P Group to become the repair yard of choice in the Arabian Gulf for two clusters of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)…

26th March 2010

ASRY signs RFA cluster repair agreement with A&P Group

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Keppel Offshore & Marine through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard, Keppel FELS and Keppel Verolme, has secured $140 million worth of contracts for the conversion of a FPSO and repair and modification of…

26th March 2010

Keppel wins contracts from repeat customers

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

STX Europe has, through its wholly owned subsidiary STX Norway Offshore AS, signed contracts to build three special purpose vessels for a new foreign client. The vessels will be delivered in Q4…

26th March 2010

STX building special purpose trio

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

ABS has published a guide for shipowners seeking to obtain its optional class notations Enviro and Enviro+ denoting adherence to enhanced standards for environmental protection.

26th March 2010

ABS guide for environmental notations

26th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is planning a $2 billion fleet expansion between 2011 and 2015.

26th March 2010

Vinalines plans ambitious newbuilding programme

26th March 2010