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Aker Yards has signed a contract with Volstad Shipping AS, Ålesund, for the building of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) worth $38.2 million. Delivery is scheduled for February 2007 from Brattvaag Skipsverft…

The Bach Dang Shipyard, a subsidiary of Vinashin (Viet Nam Shipping Industry Corporation), has recently delivered the largest domestically built cargo ship to the Vien Duong Transport Company. The 15,000 DWT ?Vinashin…

North of England P&I club has published a graphic new safety poster to remind its members of the age-old danger to crewmembers caused by the continuing need to work at height on…

The Kwazulu-Natal-based heavy engineering firm Duys Engineering has received accreditation for a shipbuilding initiative under the outgoing Strategic Industrial Project (SIP) tax-incentive scheme. CEO Henk Duys believes that there are immense possibilities…

China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) has delivered 2.87 million tonnes of new ships in the first half of 2005, up 61% on last year. Nearly 80% of the newbuildings were for export.…

With four years of service supporting the operations of the US Marine Corps, the 101 metre aluminium catamaran ?WestPac Express?, built by the Australian shipyard Austal, has been re-chartered by the US…

NorseMerchant Ferries has introduced its latest Ro-Pax ferry, Lagan Viking on its Irish Sea route between Birkenhead and Belfast. The first of two 26,500 GT sisterships being built by the Italian shipbuilder…

The Japanese shipping company K-Line has ordered a 177,000 DWT Capesize bulk carrier from Chinese shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC). This newbuilding, designed in China, is the largest ship of its…

The Dutch company Rotor B.V. has a contract with Chinese OEM?s for the delivery of Rotor NL electric motors. These electric motors will be installed in nine new ships under construction at…

Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China delivered 12 ships of 632,000DWT and produced 35 diesel engines of 404,000kW during the first half this year. Total industrial output for the first six months this…