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Singapore-based Keppel Corp said its Keppel Shipyard has won a $100 million contract to supply and install equipment on a drilling ship which is being built in a shipyard in China and…

Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build a third ultra-deepwater drill ship at the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea. The contract has a total project value of $598 million with…

A final decision to place the £3.8bn order for the Royal Navy?s future aircraft carrier programme (CVF), already delayed from last year, is now unlikely before October or November while French suggestions…

Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA in Norway has reached an agreement with Sasaki Shipbuilding in Japan for six 2,500 cbm semi/pressurized LPG carriers at a cost of $14.2 million each. The vessels…

The Australian government has awarded the $3 billion contract for two of the Royal Australian Navy's new landing ships to a consortium of Spanish firm Navantia and Tenix in Victoria. The hulls…

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has strengthened its US service network by purchasing Maritime Solutions Inc, a Norfolk, Virginia-based lifeboat and davit service company.Gary Joseph, president of Schat-Harding USA, says, "We have…

The Piraeus-based Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, has recently…

The German shipbuilder Schichau-Seebeck Werft (SSW) is setting new international standards in feeder shipping with the launch of the 152 metre-long "Anne Sibum" at its Bremerhaven facility. This is the first ship…