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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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Wartsila has acquired the Norwegian company Maritime Service AS, which specializes in ship service, mechanical and reconditioning services. Maritime Service has its operations in Alesund, on the west coast of Norway. Maritime…

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…

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…

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…