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The Venezuelan state oil firm Pdvsa's marine affiliate PDV Marina is initialing a purchase agreement to buy from Brazilian shipyard Eisa Maua Jurong eight Panamax tankers and two others products tankers. Negotiations…

Tenix's Melbourne shipyard will battle on looking for new work after delivering the tenth and final frigate of a $7 billion project. The ship, to be commissioned in August as HMAS Perth,…

Admiralty Shipyard in Russia recently launched the product tanker ?Tavrichesky Bridge? built to the order of Sovcomflot JS?. The 47,400 dwt newbuilding is 182.5 metres long, 32.5 metres wide, and has a…

Golden Ocean Group exercised an option for a third ice-class Panamax tanker at Jiangsu Rong Sheng Heavy Industries. The 75,000dwt vessel will be delivered during 2008 at a cost of $34.5m.

Aker Yards and Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. The plans will contribute to an increased steel- and shipbuilding…

Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Industry Co, a subsidiary of the Vinashin, recently launched a 53,000 dwt bulk carrier. The vessel is the second of 21 contracted to Vinashin and its companies by the…

The Sevmash naval shipyard and Russia's Atomic Power Agency signed a contract to build the world's first floating nuclear reactor. The $336 million reactor will be built by the Sevmash plant in…

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co Ltd is the builder of the LNG carriers, considered the most technologically demanding ship. The ship, costing US$160 million, is 292 meters long and 43.35 meters wide.…

The Saudi Arabian shipping company National Chemical Carriers (NCC) awarded a $300 million contract for six 45,000 dwt chemical tankers to Shina Shipbuilding of Korea for delivery in 2009-10. The six newbuildings…

ABG Shipyard in Surat, India, has bagged a $21 million order for construction of a diving support vessel, from Netherlands-based Vroon Offshore BV. The contract includes an option for a similar vessel.…