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China recorded a 94.9% year-on-year surge in completed shipbuilding volume to 18.6 million dwt in the first four months of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).…

Hanjin Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Subic Bay, Philippines, recently signed a $500 million contract to construct eight 205,000 dwt bulk carriers for Anglo-Australia’s Rio Tinto.

The merger announced between MAN Diesel SE and MAN Turbo AG to form MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, is now complete, the corresponding entry having been made in the…

BAE Systems has held talks with Atlantic Marine on acquiring the ship repair company with operations in Jacksonville, USA, according to The Financial Times.

Seaspan Corporation has accepted delivery of the CSAV Lingue from Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The 4,250 TEU containership is Seaspans sixth delivery in 2010 and expands the companys operating fleet to 48 vessels.

Hong Kong-based Hong Da International has ordered three supramax bulkers from Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for delivery from September 2011. The newbuildings will be the biggest vessels the 70-year-old, state-owned yard…

Wärtsilä and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a co-operation agreement to develop gas-fuelled merchant vessels. The intention is to jointly develop next-generation ships with efficient and competitive propulsion machinery concepts that…