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Classification society Bureau Veritas has been named as one of the three best performing classification societies in the world, based on Port State Control statistics from the Paris MOU.This year is the…

Solstad Offshore of Norway has signed a Letter of Intent with Merwede Shipyard regarding the building of an ULSTEIN P105 platform supply vessel. The Dutch shipyard has in connection with this order…

Singapore's Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, says that the ISPS Code, which applies to cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards, must extend to smaller vessels which, potentially, pose a serious…

The future of Britain?s beleaguered shipbuilding industry is to be decided by a Ministry of Defence study that will determine the placement of billions of pounds worth of naval orders. The investigation…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSMA) will be reporting that its second-quarter profit will fall by 21% because of rising steel prices. DSME?s announcement will be followed by others from Korean shipbuilders…

QinetiQ, Europe's largest science and technology organisation, has announced its acquisition of UK-based consulting organisation HVR Consulting Services Limited (HVR). HVR, which, since 1983, has provided technical and management consultancy to the…

The US based aeronautics defence contractor Lockheed Martin signed up state-owned Polish shipbuilder Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa (SSN) to build four ships by 2008 as part of an offset deal concerning Poland?s purchase…

Namura Shipbuilding in Japan plans to invest around $54 million at its Imari shipyard to boost its annual newbuilding capacity by up to 50% by the end of 2005. The plan includes…

Dozens of foreign and Taiwanese companies, including Lockheed Martin and Detyens Shipyards of the US, and BAE of the UK, are looking to buy a stake in China Shipbuilding Corp (CSC) which…

Wynstruments, now merged with B. Hepworth & Co, will launch an updatedversions of its best-selling ?straight line? window wiper and a brand newdigital control system at the SMM 2004 exhibition.The Type D…