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Keppel Fels has won a $512 million contract for an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig from oil drilling major Ensco. The Ensco 8504 will be the fifth semi-submersible being built by the KepFels…

Practical research being undertaken by the container operator APL, a member of the Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), is being aided by the Propulsion Dynamics CASPER (Computerized Analysis of Ship PERformance) programme.…

The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) has become a role model for other centres for its work in combating and preventing pollution from ships, International Maritime…

The world?s largest cable maker, French-based Nexans, has formed a joint venture with the Mumbai-based Polycab Wires to make rubber cables. The venture will initially invest $37 million to make cables for…

Two of Italy?s specialist cruise shipyards are to join forces in a new alliance. Genoa-based shipbuilder T. Mariotti and next door neighbour San Giorgio del Porto, which specialises in repair and conversion,…

IMT Marine Consultants, a partner in the Offshore Ship Designers group, has been contracted to design a series of eight IMT 957 AHTS/Utility Vessels to be built at Qingao Qianjin Shipyard in…

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) continues its growth strategy of previous years. The classification society presented its financial figures for 2007 and announced a turnover of 421.7 million Euros. This is a gain of…

Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd., has placed an order for two construction support vessels with Colombo Dockyard Limited for delivery in September…

Ezra Holdings Limited in Singapore has placed orders for two new offshore service vessels totalling S$95 million. The first contract, worth S$69 million, was awarded to Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd, to construct…

Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) in India delivered the third vessel of the four trader series, the 30,000 DWT bulk carrier ?Good Pacific?, to Goodearth Maritime Ltd (Chennai). The last vessel of the…