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Some 100 trade unionists from Gdansk Shipyard will picket the headquarters of the European Union (EU) in Brussels later this month to protest against plans of a decision on capacity reduction in…

ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, has delivered one vessel each to UAE-based Lamnalco Group and Norway-based Deep Sea Supply ASA. An anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel was delivered to Lamnalco Group…

Samsung Heavy Industries plans to resolve its shortage of production facilities in light of the dramatic increase in orders it has experienced in recent years, by building a new mega block assembly…

The NSS-IMT 978 Platform Supply Vessel ?Grampian Talisman? was recently delivered to her owners North Star Shipping at the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. The newbuilding sailed from the port of Pasajes…

Bulgarian shipyard Bulyard Shipbuilding Industry will build three bulk carriers for Bulgarian state-owned shipping company Navigation Maritime Bulgare, after signing deals worth a total of EUR 88.2 million ($118.6 million).Two of the…

Vyborg Shipyard in Russia won the tender for the construction of drilling rigs for Gazprom. Valery Golubev, deputy chair of Gazprom said that the $2.3 billion contract involves the construction of hulls…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), the world's third-largest shipbuilder, has won orders valued at $2.1 billion to build 10 vessels. The deal from a European shipping company calls on DSME to…

Deep Sea Supply (DESSC) has taken delivery of ?Sea Otter?, a 6,500 bhp AHTS vessel from ABG shipyard in India. The vessel will go directly to Indonesia for a four months time…

Aker Floating Production?s (AFP) first FPSO vessel, contracted for offshore India, is slated to be completed on schedule. In the second quarter of 2007, the Indian company Reliance Industries Limited entered into…

Solstad Offshore SA (SOFF) in Norway has entered into two contracts with Aker Yards for the construction of one platform supply/ROV vessel of Aker PSV / ROV 06 CD design and one…