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DOF ASA in Norway has placed a newbuilding order with Tebma Shipyard Limited in Goa, India, for two supply vessels (PSV), design VS 470 MK II. These 73.40 m long, 3,800 dwt…

Japanese shipbuilders received orders for vessels with a combined gross tonnage of 1.09 million tonnes last month, up 47.2% from a year before, the Japan Ship Exporters Association said. Orders rose in…

The Singapore-based shipbuilder Labroy Marine has signed a four ship newbuilding contract worth $60.4 million with Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited…

Cebu-based shipbuilding company Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Cebu Inc. (THICI) has committed to invest $ 100 million in the expansion of its shipyard in Balamban town in Cebu's western seaboard. THICI, a joint…

Six years after it expanded its operations to the US, Western Australian shipbuilder Austal has bought out its minority American partner in the rapidly growing venture for $20.6 million. The acquisition of…

Metalships & Dock, the Spanish shipyard based in Vigo which is a subsidiary of Rodman Polyships Group, has secured the first of two options under a contract to build offshore construction vessels…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard clinched four 37,000DWT product carriers from a European ship owner at a total price of $166.4 million. They will be delivered by November 2009.

The Nigerian Navy is making plans to commence shipbuilding locally in the near future with a view to meeting the navy?s requirements. This disclosure was made by the Admiral Superintendent of the…

Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa Shipyard, owned by the Industrial Development Agency (ARP), will cease to receive state guarantees for production financing at the end of the year. Although further subsidies will have to…

Industry stakeholders in the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) established to deliver the UK's Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) programme are to submit their latest pricing data on 20 September 2006, a little over…