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MacGREGOR will supply the Japanese shipbuilder, Shin Kurushima group, with RoRo equipment for 45 newbuildings. MacGREGOR?s new long-term agreement with Shin Kurushima covers design and manufacture of cargo access equipment for car…

A new stealth corvette with special technology for low detectability by radar has been launched in Russia. The Steregushchy corvette is the first in the Project 20380 series designed by the Almaz…

Stocznia Gdanska in Poland would like to see the government agency and its own employees as the new investors of the shipyard by the end of May. Whoever the investors are, the…

With the successful private placement in Nexus Floating Production Ltd., Nexus will issue 13.0 million shares of which 40% will be owned by the Norwegian based APL ASA which has invested $52…

South Korean shipbuilder STX is surveying locations in Ninh Hoa District in the Khanh Hoa Province in Vietnam to build a 350-hectare shipyard. The planned shipyard, which is projected to cost $500…

Exmar, the Belgian shipping group, is going ahead with the OPTI-EX Floating Production System and is also considering a separate listing of its offshore division. The company has signed a letter of…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Korea clinched four general cargo carriers at a total price of $244 million. Ordered by the Norwegian shipping company Grieg International, they will be delivered by February 2010.

The Sultanate of Oman and Austal signed a contract for two 65 metre, 50 knot, multi-purpose passenger-vehicle catamaran ferries. The identical aluminium vessels, scheduled for delivery in 2007 and early 2008, have…

South Korea plans to invest $3.4 billion over the next 10 years to nurture the nation's marine technology, the government said recently. A total of $3 to $4 billion will be spent…

Italian classification society RINA has launched a series of dedicated training courses for ship operators and shipyards, under the banner of the RINA Academy. Courses are currently available in the RINA head…