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The EU has reportedly told China that it would face a growing threat of trade penalties unless it curbed its capacity expansion in steel and shipbuilding. EU industry commissioner Günter Verheugen gave…

The French DCNS group unveiled its new corporate identity symbolising the group's new organisation and ambitions following the integration of Thales's naval businesses in France (though not its naval equipment businesses). The…

Guido Perla and Associates (GPA) announced that Trico Marine Services has ordered two of the well-proven GPA 640 Platform Support Vessels (PSV).Each of the DP2-certified vessels, measuring 64 metres in length, will…

An unconditional contract has been confirmed for the supply of four fast ferries, consisting of two 69 metre and two 88 metre Austal Auto Express vehicle-passenger catamaran designs. Further customer details cannot…

STX Pan Ocean in Korea is expanding its fleet of PCTCs (pure car and truck carrier) as part of the company's strategy to move away from its dry bulk business to minimise…

An oil and gas industry firm has formed an alliance which will see workers at the Rosyth naval dockyard in Fife being used offshore. Petrofac, a service provider for the oil and…

India?s three strategic shipyards - Mazagaon Docks, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) and Goa Shipyard - which are engaged in building warships, will be modernised and upgraded to the level of…

Following the two ships ordered in October 2006, the German owner Hartmann Logistik GmbH, a subsidiary of the Hartmann Group, has placed a contract with Fincantieri to build a further eight multipurpose…

GRC Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Limited, has launched a new and improved version of its 'Paramarine' ship design software and 'Seagoing Paramarine' software, which is used for onboard ship…

Sumatec Resources Bhd unit, Semua Shipping, is buying two new 8,000 dwt oil tankers from Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard and Jiangsu Guotai International Group for $12 million each as part of its marine…