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Palmali Shipping in Istanbul, Turkey, recently signed an agreement with the Russian shipbuilder Volgograd Shipyard for construction of two more 6,750DWT dry cargo vessels of "Palmali" type bringing the total ordered to…

Construction of a marine boiler manufacturing plant, jointly funded by the Viet Nam National Shipbuilding Corporation (Vinashin) and the Danish company Aalborg Industries, officially began in Hai Phong?s An Hong industrial park…

Coscon, the container shipping arm of Cosco Group, and Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co (Nacks), a joint venture between Cosco and Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp, entered into a shipbuilding contract for the…

Intermarine of New Orleans has ordered four more 8000DWT heavylift cargo ships from the Portuguese shipyard Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castello (ENVC) with the first delivery expected in the fourth quarter…

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), formerly known as Malaysia Shipyard Engineering (MSE), is set to become Malaysia?s deep-water hub. MMHE will be focusing on expanding its marine and heavy engineering business…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has clinched orders for eight ships with a total value of $880 million. This latest haul comprises of four 84,000 cubic metre LPG carriers, two from Exmar and two from…

Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China has secured an order for two 75,000DWT bulk carriers from a Greek interest for delivery in March and July 2008. Ship particulars are 225m in length, 32.26m…

Keppel Singmarine, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Keppel O&M) has secured orders for three offshore support vessels (OSVs) and two tugboats totalling $49 million. The vessels will…

Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, are poised to win contracts worth almost $1bn to build 10 oil tankers for Iran. National Iranian Oil Tanker Co (NITC) will award…

Samsung Heavy Industries said it is expanding production of ship parts in China by 67% to reduce its labour costs and lessen the impact of steel price increases. The Korean shipbuilder has…