Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a contract worth about KRW 800 billion, to build six 9,600 TEU containerships for German shipping line Hamburg Süd.

Wärtsilä has announced an extension contract from STX Finland for the supply of equipment for the worlds biggest LNG fuelled passenger ferry, added to the order received at the beginning of March.

Chemring Marine has appointed Ghasham Marine Services as its distributor for Pains Wessex and Comet marine distress signals in State of Qatar.

Yangzhou Dayang Shipyard, an affiliate of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, has started building two new vessels – a bulk carrier and an LPG tanker.