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Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has decided to exercise the option with Aker Yards, Langsten, to build an additional new third generation Ramform vessel, "Ramform 8". This new and improved Ramform class seismic vessel…

Kuwait Oil Tanker (KOTC) plans to order four VLCCs at a total cost of some $500 million. The new order was approved by the national oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and will…

The US Navy has awarded a $200 million contract to Pascagoula-based shipbuilder VT Halter Marine for construction of a vessel that will carry high-tech radar equipment to monitor ballistic missile activity. The…

A new class of U.S. Navy warships was launched recently at Marinette Marine. The littoral combat ship, named Freedom, is 377-foot long, can sail at more than 40 knots and will act…

V-T Halter Marine will build a new $15 million coastal mapping ship for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company expects to deliver the 124-foot, twin-hull ship in the summer of…

MTU in Friedrichshafen is unveiling at SMM its new generation of the 4000 series marine diesel engines which will be cleaner and more powerful than their predecessors.The latest Series 4000 engines are…

The Halifax Shipyard of Irving Shipbuilding is getting back into building ships with a contract to build a small cruise ship for Pearl Sea Cruises of Connecticut. Although there is no firm…

EnSolve Biosystems in the USA has successfully completed testing its new oily water separator (OWS) system for U.S. Coast Guard type approval. The new-generation PetroLiminator PL630M was tested to meet the new…

Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp.'s Holland America Line has hired SeaMobile Enterprises to provide the company's 13 ships with wireless cell phone and personal digital assistant device communications. SeaMobile will begin installing…

CSSC held a ceremony in Guangzhou Longxue Island for the start of construction of the largest ship repair yard in southern China. Ship repair business is one of the primary sectors in…