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The Greek shipbuilder Hellenic Shipyards SA, a subsidiary of the German ThyssenKrupp group, has won its first export shipbuilding order in 20 years. The contact is for a jack-up platform or barge…

The fourth double-hulled tanker in Aker Philadelphia Shipyard?s current build program was recently floated off its blocks in the yard?s 1,300 foot long building dock and transferred to the adjacent outfitting dock.…

Austal has signed a contract for four additional 47.5 metre passenger catamarans with Cotai WaterJets (Macao) Ltd, adding to the initial ten-vessel contract signed in 2006 by sister company Venetian Marketing Services…

STX Shipbuilding has won a deal valued at 204 billion won ($215 million) to build two bulk carriers. The contract from a European shipping company calls on the Korean shipbuilder to deliver…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) plans to deliver 25% more vessels this year as it increases production to work through almost four years worth of orders. The company delivered 11 vessels in January,…

In an attempt to tap increasing demand for ship engines, India?s largest shipping firm, the state-owned Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI), is joining hands with a few government-run ports to enter…

Construction of a $281.25 million shipbuilding complex has begun in Yen Hung district, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam.Invested by the Pha Rung Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Vinashin, the complex…

Samsung Heavy Industries is reportedly nearing a deal valued at $1.32 billion to build two drill ships. The Korean shipbuilder indicated that the contract will be made later in the day with…

The VNSI (Netherlands? Shipbuilding Industry Association) and HME (Holland Marine Equipment Association) have combined their representative activities into a new association called ?Scheepsbouw Nederland? (Holland Shipbuilding Association) which will be based in…

Henderson-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine in Western Australia will open its first shipyard in the Americas later this year following a successful joint venture bid with Servicios Navales E Industriales S.A. DE C.V.…