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The European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC), which represents more than 1,250 companies across Europe in the marine equipment sector, welcomes the draft EEuropean Parliament (EP TRAN) committee report from Luis de Grandes…

The revolutionary EPS thruster by Van der Velden Marine Systems has won the 2006 Dutch Maritime Innovation (DMI) award. This completed a successful year for the EPS thruster which was already well…

Uncertainty again hangs over Appledore Shipbuilders in England with the loss of a hoped-for £30 million order which has been awarded to a Norwegian shipbuilder and sparking a Transatlantic row.Following the loss…

The Philippine government intends to borrow $1 billion from the Japanese government to develop the shipping industry, Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri said recently. The loan would come next year from the…

A consortium trying to land a large shipbuilding contract in Halifax, Canada, is out of the running, a spokeswoman for one of the companies in the syndicate said. Irving official Mary Keith…

STX Shipbuilding received orders for three 50,400 DWT product carrier. One vessel was ordered by ETA (Emirates Trading Agency) in Dubai for delivery in 2009. Ship particulars are a length of 183m,…

The Greek shipping company Quintana Maritime has taken delivery of a Kamsarmax bulk carrier ?Coal Gypsy? from Tsuneishi Shipbuilding in Japan. The 82,300 dwt newbuilding is the ninth of fourteen Kamsarmax vessels…

Korea's shipbuilding exports will gain 6.1% every year on average for the next 10 years thanks to its technological edge and brisk market, said a London-based market research unit. Having posted an…