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STX Shipbuilding in South Korea is negotiating for six to eight capesize bulker newbuildings at a price of $500 to 700 million. In addition, STX Dalian, an affiliate of STX Shipbuilding, is…

The MacGregor Group, part of the Cargotec Corporation, has announced a new joint venture production partnership with Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin). The joint venture has been established as part of Vinashin's…

Danaos Corporation has signed shipbuilding contracts for four 6,800 TEU container ships with China Shipbuilding Trading Company, Limited. The vessels will be built by the Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry Company Limited…

IHC Holland Merwede has decided to participate as a majority shareholder, together with Van Sluisveld Beheer, in a new company, Verenigde Scheepswerf Heusden BV (VSH), which is based in Heusden in Netherland…

Seacor Marine, the subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings, has taken delivery of its latest vessel, the crewboat John G McCall. Built by Gulf Craft Shipyard in Patterson, Louisiana, the 190ft John G McCall…

Fincantieri?s shipyard in Muggiano-La Spezia recently held a keel laying ceremony for the company?s first mega yacht which was ordered by Nicholas Baker in May last year. When delivered in 2010, this…

Colombo Dockyard (CDL) is reporting a full order book until 2008 for new ships, after building seven fast patrol boats for the Sri Lankan Navy and two tugs for Saudi Arabia which…

STX Shipbuilding, the world's seventh-largest shipbuilder, said that it swung to a profit in 2006 from a loss a year earlier on rising demand for high-priced ships.Net profit reached 41.1 billion won…

It now looks certain, following meetings held on Monday at the Clyde shipyard of Ferguson Shipbuilders, that the vast majority of the workers employed there are to lose their jobs. Out of…

Mizho Bank in Japan expects that new order volume in 2007 will be 55 million GT. The bank said that Korean shipbuilders will take new orders at attractive prices because they have…