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The main creditor of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) threatened to scrap a deal to sell the shipyard to Hanwha Group unless the conglomerate sticks to the 30 January deadline to…

Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Alnwick, Northumberland, UK, recently announced the successful launch of one of the largest boats it has built in recent years.The ?Aaryan? has been built…

Chipolbrok, the Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company, has decided to invest another RMB2.3 billion ($340 million) in six heavy lift ships. The company will also re-instate a total of seven other ships…

Keppel FELS Limited and Scorpion Offshore have agreed to terminate the $405 million rig contract on mutually acceptable terms. Scorpion Offshore is working closely with Keppel FELS in the latter?s exploratory discussions…

STX Shipbuilding plans to challenge the top tier of global ship builders by using Dassault Syst?mes? ENOVIA PLM solution to deploy its process innovation (PI) project, across all three of its production…

The US-based Tricon Marine, a high-quality builder of FRP/Composite luxury yachts up to 55 metres long, has completed construction of China's first and only North American-owned and operated shipyard. Yachts currently under…

STX Europe has signed contracts for modernising a cruise vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines and two tankers for Neste Shipping.MS Sensation of CCL will get 98 additional passenger cabin balconies as well…

The Greek shipping company Danaos recently took delivery of one more containership, the 'Zim Monaco', expanding its operational fleet to a total of 39 containerships aggregating 157,427 TEU. The newbuilding has a…

Singapore Technologies Engineering's (STE) marine unit, ST Marine, sealed a $30 million design, construction and outfitting contract to build a 68-metre seismic survey vessel for Swire Pacific subsidiary Swire Pacific Offshore Operations…

Ijmuiden-based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has strengthened its group identity and adopted a more integrated approach to work sharing. Design teams in Ijmuiden, Montrose, Escrick, Bideford and Shanghai will now all operate…