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Samsung Heavy Industries is examining a proposal to set up an LNG ship repair yard in conjunction with Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC), a subsidiary of Petronas. The South Korean shipbuilder…

ABG Shipyard in India (ABG) has concluded a $32 million equity funding. The private sector shipyard would use the funding to expand its shipbuilding facilities to meet the anticipated demand for new…

Keppel FELS Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Limited through Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has secured a contract to build two semi-submersible drilling platforms at S$780 million…

MOL in Japan, together with Tokyo Gas Co, has ordered a 145,000 m3 Moss type LNG carrier from Kawasaki Shipbuilding for delivery in March 2008. Including those under construction, MOL operates a…

Shipbuilding enterprises in east China's Shandong province are presently holding orders for 120 new ships with a contract value totalling $566 million. About $430 million of the shipbuilding orders are for export…

Bharati Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has bagged contracts from Sea Cargo Skips AS and Nor Lines AS, both from Norway, to supply two multi-purpose container vessels each, with an option for eight…

Basic principles and goals for goal-based standards (GBS) for new ship construction were agreed in principle by IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) when it met at the Organization's London Headquarters for its…

With the push of a button a $40 million vessel building programme was launched at the Dubai Drydocks recently. As the plate-cutting machine started up, the first steel plate was cut for…

Aker ASA and Kvaerner ASA have started to collaborate on setting up Aker American Shipping ASA, a company that will own Kvaerner's shipyard in Philadelphia and 10 - yet to be built…

Dongkuk Steel Mill Company will sign a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian partners including iron ore mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), to participate in a $750 million steel plant…