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Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark has delivered the first of six ro-ros for the British investment company Epic Shipping of London. The ship, hull no 217, sails under the name of the…

Two platform supply vessels for Hellespont Group, under construction at the Cochin Shipyard in India, were christened recently. The ships, BY-66 and BY-67 were christened as "Hellespont Defiance" and "Hellespont Drive" respectively.…

State-run Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI), India?s biggest shipping firm, has placed orders for two anchor handling tug cum supply vessels worth about $35 million with Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), the…

Austal has officially unveiled its new 102m trimaran vehicle-passenger ferry platform, which is currently under construction at its Western Australian shipyard and available for purchase.The new 102m long, 26.8m wide trimaran is…

Beijing unveiled a stimulus plan to help domestic shipbuilders ride out the global financial crisis by encouraging eligible firms to list and sell bonds, and by hastening the establishment of shipbuilding-focused investment…

General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has laid the keel of the fourth ship of its State-class product carriers. The ship will be named Empire State.NASSCO began constructing the…

The ?Monte Aconcagua?, the last of a series of ten of Hamburg Sud's 5,552TEU Monte-class containerships was recently christened in Hong Kong. Following the naming ceremony, the newbuilding was phased into the…

Brazil is pressing cash-strapped Korean shipbuilders to hand over their core technologies in return for orders. With work hard to come by, they are willing to oblige and Samsung Heavy Industries has…

Bergen Group BMV, a subsidiary of Norway's Bergen Group has signed a NOK 2.7 billion ($435.3 million) contract to deliver two advanced pelagic trawlers and research vessels to Aqueda Shipping Limited and…

The ?Costa Pacifica?, the fourteenth ship in the fleet of Costa Cruises was delivered on May 29 at the Genova-Sestri Ponente shipyard by Fincantieri. The sister ship of the ?Costa Concordia? and…