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ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of ASL Marine Holdings, has secured additional shipbuilding contracts worth a total of $45 million for the construction of eight new vessels. These contracts,…

Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has been awarded a contract worth approximately $37 million by Olympic Shipping to build a Platform Supply Vessel of the MT 6016 type.…

A consortium comprising Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) and Mitsui & Co (Mitsui) has signed a 25 year long-term charter agreement for a…

Wärtsilä Corporation has introduced a new family of face-type seals specifically for water-lubricated stern tubes. These new deep sea seals brand ManeGuard seals are ideally suited to vessels sailing frequently in coastal…

ABS has issued Approval In Principle (AIP) to a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank containment system and carrier design developed by Houston-based Ocean LNG Inc. The tank design consists of a…

Keppel Corp. has received a $164 million contract to build oil platforms for a unit of Mexico's national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos. Keppel Offshore and Marine, has a 60% stake in the…

Aker Yards, via its wholly owned subsidiary Aker Brevik, has entered into a contract with Island Offshore VIII KS in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a UT 755LN platform supply vessel. The value…

The Spanish shipyard Izar Ferrol is looking for overseas markets that will generate revenues at least $24 billion. At present the Ferrol yard, described as one of the few global shipyards able…

The Indian Navy has started construction of a 40,000 tonne displacement indigenous aircraft carrier at an estimated cost of Rs 3,000 crore. "Besides acquiring the 'Gorshkov' aircraft carrier from Russia, the Indian…

Hyundai Corporation, seeking new business, has signed a contract to take over Qingdao Lingshan Ship Engineering (QLSE) in China. The Chinese yard is a medium-size ship builder that mainly constructs vessels between…