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Offshore shipping and shipbuilding group Jaya Holdings plans to expand its shipyards in Indonesia and China to take advantage of the perceived continuing strong demand in the offshore shipping sector. The group…

Russia's United Industrial Corporation (UIC) and South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have signed a memorandum on interaction in shipbuilding projects, local media in St Petersburg report.The document envisages cooperation,…

The dockyard, on 1.8 million m2 of land in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province at the west coast of Korea, with 1.2 trillion won ($1.18 billion) investment, will be equipped with a number…

Interferry and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have extended the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on their joint campaign to reduce ferry fatalities by 90% in developing nations. The original two-year MOU has…

EU regulators cleared South Korea's shipbuilder STX Corp. to buy a 39% stake in Europe's largest shipbuilder, Aker Yards ASA. The EU dismissed initial worries that the deal might cause antitrust problems…

Keppel Fels has won a $512 million contract for an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig from oil drilling major Ensco. The Ensco 8504 will be the fifth semi-submersible being built by the KepFels…

Practical research being undertaken by the container operator APL, a member of the Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), is being aided by the Propulsion Dynamics CASPER (Computerized Analysis of Ship PERformance) programme.…

The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) has become a role model for other centres for its work in combating and preventing pollution from ships, International Maritime…

The world?s largest cable maker, French-based Nexans, has formed a joint venture with the Mumbai-based Polycab Wires to make rubber cables. The venture will initially invest $37 million to make cables for…

Two of Italy?s specialist cruise shipyards are to join forces in a new alliance. Genoa-based shipbuilder T. Mariotti and next door neighbour San Giorgio del Porto, which specialises in repair and conversion,…