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MSC Cruises has confirmed to ALSTOM a contract for the construction of two 1,650 cabin cruise ships, following a letter of intent signed last June. These newbuildings will be the largest ever…

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has bought a stake of 75% in Ms Logistik Systeme (MLS), a Rostock software company which plans, develops and markets program modules for highly efficient vessel management. Employing 14…

South Korea-based shipping company STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. awarded a contract to STX Shipbuilding to build three ships. The tender for the three ships, priced at $44 million each, was awarded…

Volgograd Shipbuilding Plant, part of the MNP group, started construction of the lead-ship in a four-ship series of dry-cargo ships for Iranian company Irinvestship at a total cost of $44 million. Delivery…

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) announced that its subsidiary company Kawasaki Precision Machinery Ltd (KPM) has completed the construction of a new ship rudder plant in Uiryeong, South Korea. KPM?s rudder business in…

The city of Xiamen in China announced that it will develop shipbuilding and ship repair business by 2015. According to Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency?s branch office in Xiamen, the city will secure…

Hurricane damage to Northrop Grumman's Mississippi and Louisiana shipyards tops $1 billion and company officials claim production delays could cost the defense contractor millions more. The Pascagoula shipyard had been inundated by…

Nexans, a major global player in the cable industry, has entered into an agreement with Bourbon Cable AS, a subsidiary of Bourbon Offshore Norway AS, securing control of the specialised cable layer…

The provision of adequate waste reception facilities at ports, and the technical and practical matters associated with it, requires attention in the future, agreed the Industry Reception Facilities Forum at its fifth…

Aker Yards has confirmed an optional agreement with Volstad Shipping AS, Ålesund, for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) worth approximately NOK 250 million. Delivery is scheduled for September 2007…