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NCL Corporation (NCL) unveiled the itinerary for Pride of America, the second of three US flagged cruise ships that will sail to Hawaii under the NCL America brand. The ship, which earlier…

Malaysia International Shipping Corp (MISC) will increase its fleet of LNG carriers to 28 by 2008 from the present 17 to meet the growing demand for gas deliveries, its chairman Tan Sri…

Hyundai Merchant Marine reports to Korea Stock Exchange today that it decides to order three 4,700TEU container ships with delivery of second and third quarter of 2007. Total investment will be $…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will begin construction of a warship armed with the Aegis Combat System, the US developed anti-air defense system, for the South Korea?s navy at a cost of over…

India has unveiled plans to build an aircraft carrier and Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, said that the carrier would be built at the Cochin shipyard. "The ADS (Air Defence…

STX Shipbuilding of South Korea, is considering relocating one of its dockyards to China to expand its production capacity and improve on its productivity. The company is considering various options, including relocating…

China's shipbuilding industry has entered into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipbuilding market with the signing of the country?s first newbuilding contract for this ship type. Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HZS), a subsidiary of…

French shipbuilding group Armaris and Spanish shipbuilding group IZAR will be asked to participate in a funded risk reduction and design study for the Royal Australian Navy's two new amphibious vessels. Defence…

Four more countries have expressed an interest in joining the coordinated patrols launched recently by Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore to stamp out piracy in the Straits of Malacca. The countries in question…