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Following the signing of a long-term time charter for two gas carriers with Yara, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K"Line) has ordered two 38,000 cubic metre, fully refrigerated ammonia/LPG carriers from Daewoo Shipbuilding &…

There are fears that up to 100 design jobs could go at Barrow shipyard by April unless the government comes up with stopgap work. During the year there has been concern for…

POSCO will raise prices of its steel plates and hot-rolled coil to Japan by as much as 5,000 yen ($48) a tonne in the first quarter as demand from China pushes up…

Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering in Batam Island, Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Labroy Marine, has won a new shipbuilding contract worth $23.1 million from Norway's Belden Shipping Group. It is a…

Samsung Heavy Industries has developed a 12,000TEU container ship design which it is now actively marketing. As the largest container carrier to date, the vessel will have a length of 383m and…

Wärtsilä has received an order from Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique of France to supply one set of Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines to power the 154,000 m3 dual-fuel-electric LNG carrier Gaselys. This newbuilding…

Hamworthy has won orders and a letter of intent totalling £48 million ($92 million) to supply eight LNG reliquefaction systems to the first LNG carriers to use slow-speed diesel propulsion engines. The…

COSCO Hong Kong Group has placed an order for two 300,000 DWT bulk carriers with the Japanese shipbuilders Universal Shipbuilding and Sumitomo. The two newbuildings will be used to ship ore products…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea's most profitable shipbuilder, is planning to expand its global network through acquisitions. "We are considering boosting our overseas presence by acquiring small and medium…

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is to build and operate two LNG carriers for use by Osaka Gas Company to import LNG, and has concluded a shipbuilding contract with Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation. The…