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The MoD is urging the VT Group and BAE Systems to join forces in a bid to merge their established shipbuilding assets before Christmas. Both companies are currently undergoing negotiations to consolidate…

Chinese yards are going through an unprecedented growth in activity in offshore construction. ABS China Country Manager Wing Kee Ho reports that with the demand for deepwater ships and rigs, the Chinese…

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has placed orders for 2 cellular container vessels of 4,400 TEU capacity at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, Korea. The public sector shipping major is also planning to…

The North Carolina-based EnSolve Biosystems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to supply a PetroLiminator Oil Water Separator for treating bilge water from its fleet service craft…

INP Heavy Industries in South Korea will construct an outfitting plant in Samjeock city, Gangwondo, South Korea, to meet the huge increase in its newbuilding order book. The shipbuilder said that it…

Austal has issued a press release in response to a study commissioned by the UK's Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) in early 2003 which has subsequently been selectively quoted without full consideration of…

The naming ceremony was held for the first product tanker in American Shipping Corporation?s 10 ship series. Aker Philadelphia Shipyard achieved another significant milestone in the build program with keel laying for…

Germany-based Peter Dohle group, one of the world's largest privately held shipowners, is the latest business group to be attracted to India's booming economy and its potential. The group owns about 100…

Scientists at the University of California-Santa Barbara have developed a new technology for cleaning oil spills on oceans, lakes and other waterways. They have constructed and successfully field tested an improved version…

Soaring repair bills and more frequent service interruptions can be expected with Marine Atlantic?s ageing fleet of ferries, the union representing navigators, engineers, electricians and radar technicians aboard the vessels warned. Owned…