Seadrill in Norway has entered into a turnkey contract to build up to four new ultra-deepwater drillships at the Samsung yard in South Korea.

The wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, Sembawang Shipyard, has secured a long-term contract from Carnival Corporation to provide ship-repair, refurbishment and upgrading services for some of its cruise vessels.

Goltens, a major independent global provider of ship repair solutions, has confirmed leasing 23,000m2 in Dubai Maritime City for the development of, it claims, the world’s foremost ship repair facility.

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has recently secured two major upgrading and repair contracts worth $82 million involving passenger vessels.

The Tyneside ship repair yard A&P Tyne has won a significant contract to repair a coal carrying bulk carrier.