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Hyundai Mipo Dockyard won three 47,000DWT product carriers valued at $138 million from a Liberian shipowner for delivery from 2007 to July 2008. Choi Kil Sun, president and CEO of the South…

Singapore?s Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has won a $24.7 million contract from Norway's Belden Shipping Group to build a 20,200 dwt cement carrier. The Singapore-based shipbuilder, a subsidiary of Labroy Marine Limited,…

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has inked a contract with Subic Drydock Corp for the construction of a ship repair facility which involves bringing back a former US naval base?s floating…

The US-based Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to retrofit new-generation navigation radars on more than 100 German Navy warships. Northrop Grumman?s U.K.-based Sperry Marine business unit was awarded a $4.3 million…

The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (formerly known as The Society of Naval Architects of Japan) has awarded its 15th ?Ship Of the Year 2004? award to the ?Hamanasu?,…

Universal Shipbuilding Corporation in Japan has received an order for the construction of two 75,000m³ LNG carriers from Mediterranean LNG Transport Corporation and Skikda LNG Transport Corporation. The gas tankers will be…

A 2,700 TEU containership built at Blohm+Voss, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, was recently launched as the ?Cosco Panama?. GEBAB (Gesellschaft für Konzeption und Betreuung privater Investitionen mbH, Meerbusch) is the…

The state of Gujarat in north western India is emerging as a major centre for ship building, with the Adani group, ABG Shipyard and IL&FS submitting their proposals worth Rs 2,600 crore…

Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding secured an order for a 100,000 dwt FPSO from China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Ship particulars are 232.5m in length, 46m in breadth and 24.1m in depth and delivery…

Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) has awarded South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard a contract for five high specification double hulled product/chemical tankers for delivery during 2006/2007. The contract, valued at approximately $180…