General News

Aker Yards has confirmed an optional agreement with Volstad Shipping AS, Ålesund, for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) worth approximately NOK 250 million. Delivery is scheduled for September 2007…

Color Line has signed a Letter of Intent with Aker Yards for the building of two new ships for delivery in 2007 and 2008 respectively. These ships represent a new type of…

Wärtsilä diesel-electric propulsion plants of 11.5 MW have been ordered for two heavy-lift transport vessels to be converted for Fairmount Heavy Transport NV, an associated company of the Rotterdam-based towage contractor Fairmount…

Albacore Research Ltd. (ARL), the creator of the 3D product modeling software ShipConstructor, is putting the last touches on this year?s new software version, ShipConstructor 2006, scheduled for release towards the end…

Austal Shipping, the West Australian shipbuilder, has delivered two more fast ferries to the Guadeloupe ferry operator L?Express des Iles. The first newbuilding named ?Silver Express?, will carry 360 passengers and 10…

The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), today signed contracts with Daewoo Ship Building and Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea for building and delivering two VLCCs. The tankers, to be built at…

Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea has unveiled its strategy to enter the Chinese ship market. The Korean shipbuilder will spend $14 million to construct research and development centers in Beijing and Shanghai…

Britain's VT Shipbuilding and the Dutch company Merwede Shipyard have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on naval warship procurement programs outside the U.K.VT Shipbuilding, is part of the support…

Iran's shipbuilding company Sadra Group will build four cargo ships, worth $118 million, for the German-based Rickmers shipping company. The 24,000 dwt newbuildings have been purpose-designed for the carriage of break-bulk, heavy…

The buoy tender cum research vessel ?Sagar Manjusha? was launched last week by Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL). Ordered by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), the newbuilding is 60 metre long,…