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The Hamburg based shipping company E.R. Schiffahrt, which is part of the Nordcapital Group, Hamburg, has put another container ship into service recently. Named ?E.R. Toulouse?, the latest addition is a super-post-Panamax…

Tianjin Xingang Shipyard has received an order for a third rail ferry ship from China Rail. The first ferry will be delivered on July 8 this year with the second unit following…

STX Shipbuilding clinched four 38,000 dwt product carriers from MISC at a total cost of $190 million for delivery from 2009 to 2010.

Skipsteknisk AS in Norway has been awarded the design contract by Aalesund-based Volstad Maritime for two advanced ROV/DSV offshore vessels of ST-256-L design. The building contract has been signed with Fosen Mekaniske…

In the covered building dock of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, the first of a total of 67 steel blocks of the new 93,500 gt cruise vessel for Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) was…

Vinashin officials said that hot weather caused the failure to launch the 10,500 dwt ?Sun Island? tweendecker dry cargo ship at its Bach Dang shipyard in northern Hai Phong city.The 110 metre…

Government owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)is planning to spend around $1.4 billion on acquisition of 35 vessels in 2006/07. The company, which already owns around 82 ships mostly bulkers and tankers,…

Iranian shipbuilder SADRA is reported to have signed a deal with Belgium's Exmar to build 10 LNG carriers to export Iranian liquefied natural gas even though Iran's efforts so far to produce…

NYK Line in Japan has ordered a 90,000DWT bulk carrier from Oshima Shipbuilding for delivery of March 2007. Ship particulars are 235m in length and 43m in breadth. When delivered, the new…

The Canadian navy hopes that the new supply ships the government is planning to buy will be built in the country. Rear Admiral Dan McNeil said the Joint Support Ships contract, expected…