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Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) has appointed Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited to manage its fleet of 27 new LNG carriers in a 25-year deal. Under the arrangement it is…

B.C. Ferries has awarded a $40-million mid-life upgrade contract for the 5,863 gt ferry ?Queen of Alberni? to Vancouver Shipyards at its North Vancouver drydock.B.C. Ferries says the 139-metre ship is the…

Sydney Harbour is looking to replace its ferries with the oldest vessels, the Lady Class, having about three years of service left. The consultants KPMG have been called in to investigate whether…

Celebrity Cruises has cancelled the 10 December seven-day cruise of the ?Millennium? to replace the port thrust bearing in the ship's propulsion system. The ship must enter drydock to replace the bearing…

Western Australia-based shipbuilder Austal Ltd has secured a $140 million contract with an overseas group to build multiple aluminium passenger ferries, with the option of further purchases.The shipbuilder is under a strict…

Geo ASA?s subsidiary Geo Subsea Pte Ltd in Singapore has signed a contract with Wavefield Inseis AS for the ?Geomaster?. The contract commences November 2006 and will have a duration of seven…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Island Offshore in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to deliver a 4,000 dwt UT 776 CD Platform supply vessel. The total value of the contract is approximately $48.7…

Korea Line has exercised two options with STX for 49,000DWT product tankers. The two vessels will be delivered in January and June 2009 and the total contract price is $96 million.In a…