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Lifeboat manufacturer Schat-Harding has agreed with Statoil to recall six of its FF1000S skid-launched freefall lifeboats for strengthening beyond SOLAS requirements. In service tests show that SOLAS requirements may need modifying for…

Slowing military contract work will force Northrop Grumman Corp. to slash 400 jobs from its shipyard in Bridge City and 500 jobs from its other plants in Louisiana and Mississippi by the…

Australia picked U.S. naval architect Gibbs and Cox as its preferred designer for a A$4.6 billion project to build a new generation of air warfare destroyers, one of the country?s biggest ever…

Kelvin Hughes (KH), part of Smiths Marine Systems, is proud to announce yet another world first having successfully achieved approval from QinetiQ, the UK Government?s nominated body for Type Approval of marine…

Salvage operations involving the ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of cargo and bunkers from tankers and other vessels should be exempt from new controls proposed by Spain and Mexico and now under consideration by…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding, a company within the Island Offshore Group (IOG) in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a 5,000 DWT UT 776 E platform supply vessel.…

SeaDrill Ltd is in discussion with major yards with respect to building a harsh environment semi-submersible rig with further options for delivery of the first unit in first quarter 2008. A clarification…

Viking Offshore Services has announced a multi-million pound investment in the construction of at least six new vessels in a move that signals its long-term commitment to the North Sea. The new-build…

Ras Laffan Natural Gas Co. (RasGas) in Qatar has awarded five Japanese firms a joint contract to ship LNG from Qatar to the US. The contract is the firms' first for transport…

Lloyd?s Register (LR) has published a pocket checklist to help shipowners comply with international regulations. Entitled ?Reducing the risk of port state control detentions?, the checklist has been compiled following a thorough…