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Golden Ocean Group Limited in Norway has placed a newbuilding contract for eight 80,000 dwt bulk carriers with Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard (Jinhaiwan) in China. The contract is valued at about $410 million…

Singapore-based Ezra Holdings Limited continues to build its deepwater service capabilities with the award of a contract for a second large 27,000 bhp (19,840 kW) Multi-Functional Support Vessel (MFSV) to Karmsund Maritime…

Able UK has finally won planning permission to develop a controversial facility to dismantle and recycle unwanted ships at its yard near Seaton Carew, Teesside in the UK.Peter Stephenson, the firm's chief…

Havyard Group in Norway has confirmed that Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has selected Bharati Shipyard Ltd to build four new anchor handlers based on the Havyard 841 AHTS design.???When the SCI…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Tide Sj?ø AS for three ferries dedicated to operate the link between Oslo and the peninsula of Nesodden. The ferries will be built in France…

VT Shipbuilding???s facility in Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, has officially started manufacture of the UK???s first naval shipbuilding export order for nearly ten years. Rear Admiral Salim of the Royal Navy of…

The Cosco Shipyard Group in China has secured an order to build 29 bulk carriers worth 1.34 billion US dollars. The latest orders put Cosco's current order book at $6.4 billion, $6.2…

Following a European bid tender, Bourbon, the French offshore fleet operator, has placed an order for two high-tech Multi Purpose Supply Vessels (MPSV) from Socarenam, the French shipyard based in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Delivery…

A letter of intent is signed on the contemplated acquisition of a majority stake by the Ulstein Group in Netherlands based Sea of Solutions. The deal is, amongst others, subject to a…

Britain's BAE Systems (BAE) and VT Group (VT) won permission from the European Commission to merge their shipbuilding operations, according to a Reuters report. BAE will hold 55% and VT the remainder,…