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Aker Yards has been awarded a contract worth approximately $127 million by Island Offshore to build two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels of the new Rolls Royce Marine?s UT 787 design.…

Industry throughout Australia has the opportunity to work with the Austal-Raytheon Amphibious Ships Team, which in August 2004 announced its intention to bid for the Australian Defence Force?s $1.55 billion Amphibious Ships…

Mitsui Engineering and Shipyard in Japan achieved an all-time record high engine production at its Tamano Work last year. The factory produced 177 engines with a combined output of 3.48 million bhp…

Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has been awarded a contract to construct a 41 metre aluminium monohull fast ferry for the Danish operator, Christians?farten A/S, based on the island of Bornholm.The new ferry will…

US oil major ChevronTexaco Corp. has ordered two LNG carriers from South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries to support the planned growth in the company's LNG business. Each newbuilding will have a 154,800…

Engineers at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) have developed what the company calls a ?vacuum blasting robot for hull? which has the ability to blast the outer surface of a ship?s…

As a result of increased activity in deep-sea oil fields, orders for new floating production units (FPU) are increasing. DSME estimates that 166 FPUs are likely to be ordered by 2010. The…

Korean shipbuilders and marine equipment manufacturers have signed a cooperation agreement for mutual development. As a result of this agreement, Korean shipbuilders aim to increase the content of Korean made equipment from…

China's shipbuilding industry is expected to exceed ten million tonnes this year, which will account for 18% of the world?s newbuilding market compared with 15% last year. General Manager of the China…

Aker Yards has been awarded a contract worth approximately NOK 270 million by Olympic Shipping AS to build an AHTS vessel of the UT 712 L type.Delivery from Aker Brattvaag?s' S?viknes Verft…