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The Indiana-based engine manufacturer, Cummins Inc., has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Beiqi Foton Motor Co. in China to set up the Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co. Ltd. (BFCEC). The…

Engineering services such as hydrodynamics, strength and fatigue, vibration, acoustics and experimental investigation will be presented by Germanischer Lloyd Academy at the Shiport China trade show in Dalian this week. In addition,…

Daewoo Shipbuilding has added a second giant goliath crane, with a maximum capacity of 900 tonnes, a hoisting height of 72m and a rail span of 148m. With this newly-erected crane the…

The world?s largest newbuilding car carrier measured in car capacity is at present being built in Croatia to DNV class. The vessel will have a capacity of 7,000 vehicles and will be…

STX Shipbuilding clinched three 50,400DWT product carriers from Taiwanese carrier Formosa Plastic Marine for delivery by 30 November 2009. Total contract price is $137 million. Ship particulars are 183m in length, 32.2m…

Bj?rn K. Haugland has no doubts about his objectives for DNV in China. "My mission is to give our customers first-class support and through that expand DNV?s business in this growing market.…

Italian shipper, Pietro Barbaro, intends to construct a fleet of 12 crude tankers and carry nearly 1 million tons of crude and petroleum by river from 2009. The market analysts say Pietro…

R&R Marine Fabrication and Drydock ("R&R Marine") in Port Arthur, Texas, has signed an agreement with Pelican Offshore Services Company, Inc. ("Pelican Offshore") of Galveston, Texas to build four lightering support vessels…

The Malaysian company Sumatec Resources Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Semua Shipping Sdn Bhd, has entered into two shipbuilding contracts with Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard and Jiangsu Guotai International Group for the construction…