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IHC Holland Merwede?s subsidiary company IHC Holland Dredgers BV has won an order from the Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster for two medium sized trailing suction hopper dredgers of 5.600 m³.…

South Korea's STX Shipbuilding Co. climbed up a notch to become the world's sixth-largest shipyard by order backlog as of the end of October, a London-based market researcher said Thursday. STX Shipbuilding…

Statoil and Aker Kv?rner have signed a contract worth approximately $1.26 billion for the semi submersible platform to be located at the Gj?a field offshore Norway. The scope of work to be…

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft has delivered the first of two vessels for the Belgian customer Cobelfret NV. The newbuilding, named ?Pauline?, represents the largest and most flexible ConRo ferry of its type and also…

Ships operating in the North Sea will have just one year to demonstratecompliance with stringent new exhaust emission standards following theentry into force of new air pollution regulations on 22 November 2006.The…

Höegh Autoliners in Norway signed orders for two more large flexible Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTC) from Daewoo Shipbuilding for delivery in 2009. The vessels? carrying capacity will be some 6.100 cars…

The launching and naming ceremony took place at Aker Yards shipyard in Helsinki of the fast passenger ferry ordered by Tallink last year. The new vessel was named "Star".This vessel is another…

India's Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to set up a large shipyard at a cost of about $446 million to capitalise on expected demand for vessels as international trade grows.L&T is looking…

Rolls-Royce Marine India Private Ltd, a major player in designing, development, support of products and systems for commercial and naval customers, is in talks to provide equipment for 30 vessels of Oil…