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The European Union (EU) Member States' ministers responsible for competition unanimously agreed to follow the European Commission's (EC) advice and repeal Regulation 4056/86. This Regulation, which has been in force since the…

The Singapore shipbuilder ASL Shipyard has secured new shipbuilding contracts worth a total of $32.5 million for the construction of five vessels for a customer in Europe fordeployment in the Middle East…

The production of Viking XPRS, a new type of fast car passenger ferry, was started in Aker Yards, Turku on 3 October with the cutting of the first plate for newbuilding No.…

DEME?s latest trailing suction hopper dredger was christened in the port of Zwijndrecht, Belgium. Named ?Marieke?, the newbuilding was delivered by IHC Holland Dredgers BV on 28 July. The 5,600 m³ Marieke…

The University of New Orleans (UNO) received a $3.6 million grant from the Defence Advanced Research Projects agency to develop automated tools for programming robots to weld ship components. The grant is…

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE), a wholly-owned unit of MISC Bhd, is seeking to collaborate with other shipyards in the country in the construction of deepwater facilities for the…

South Korea's STX Shipbuilding has won a $198.6m contract to build four 2,700 TEU container carriers for a Japanese shipping company NYK Line. Delivery is scheduled by the end of 2009.

Wärtsilä, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are establishing a joint venture to manufacture large, low-speed marine engines in China. CSIC will hold 50% of the joint venture,…

Matson Navigation in the US has signed a $17 million contract with Atlantic Marine Alabama to convert a Matson containership to one that can partly serve as a vehicle carrier. The ?Mokihana?…

Concordia Maritime in Sweden has exercised existing options and placed an order with the Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia for a further two vessels in the P-MAX series, thus extending the series to…