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Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL) of Kuwait has awarded the Dutch shipbuilder Damen a contract to construct and deliver a 52 meter wave piercing catamaran. The fast ferry will have…

Kjell Inge Rokke-controlled Aker Yards has decided that the group will not make a bid for the former Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, but will continue its cooperation with the Polish yard.The Polish…

Hong Kong-listed China Shipping Development Co. (CSD) has placed two contracts to build eight oil tankers for HK$4.32 billion from two Chinese shipbuilders.CSD, a unit of state-owned China Shipping (Group), signed a…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in Korea recently delivered the 1,300-ton displacement submarine ?Cakra? to the Indonesian Navy. This is the first time that a Korean shipyard has exported a submarine to…

The Houston-based Trico Marine Services has entered into an agreement with the Norwegian shipbuilder Solstrand AS to build a Marin Teknikk Design MT6009 MKII Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). This $25 million newbuilding…

The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) will launch a 53,000 dwt bulk carrier, the largest ever built in Viet Nam, in northern coastal Quang Ninh province on April 6. The ship,…

IRISL, the Iranian shipping company, placed an order for six 53,500 dwt bulk carriers with Yangzhou Shipbuilding in China. They will be delivered from 2008 to 2009 and four more options are…

Vroon Offshore B.V. and Damen Shipyards Gorinchem have signed a contract for the design and construction of four Safety Standby Vessels (SSV) 4711. The contract was won after a strong competition with…

Siem Offshore Inc has declared an option for the building of one additional Multi-Functional Field & ROV support vessel (MRSV) from Kleven Verft AS in Ulstein, Norway. The $51 million newbuilding is…