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Japan's Namura Shipbuilding has completed its first VLCC, the 'Atlantic Pioneer', and delivered it to Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). With this delivery, Namura has achieved its long-cherished ambition to enter the VLCC…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is said to have received an order for the construction of two 1,000-teu containerships from a Greek shipowner. No price or delivery dates have been announced. The South Korean…

Bulgarian owner Navibulgar has cancelled a contract for a handysize bulker at the domestic Varna shipyard. Industrial Holding Bulgaria (IHB), which controls Varna through its Bulyard subsidiary, said the deal for hull…

Operators of offshore support vessels are facing another difficult year in 2010, although there should be some recovery over this year's market. This claim was made by Christian Loken, senior vice-president of…

The Swiss naval architect firm of Fintry Marine Design has placed its first order for a CarboCAT MPV23, an offshore wind farm service catamaran, with Kockums? Karlskrona Yard in Sweden. The Fintry…

An Automated Voyage Risk Assessment tool (AVRA), which provides users with a ship and voyage specific preview of security threats that may be encountered throughout a proposed voyage has been made available…

ABS and Lloyd?s Register have agreed to use common software for the assessment of scantlings of bulk carriers and oil tankers designed to comply with the new IACS Common Structural Rules (CSR).…

Parlevliet & Van der Plas B.V., one of the largest European fishing companies, is taking a pioneering step with the purchase of the first ever towing kite wind propulsion system for operation…

There were only three bids at the international tender for the six state-owned shipyards that closed on Wednesday at the Croatian Privatization Fund (HFP).The government is selling two of the shipyards at…

Athens-based shipowner Danaos Corporation recently took delivery of one more containership, the CMA CGM Moliere, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 42 containerships aggregating 172,433 TEU. The new vessel has…