As part of its active portfolio management activities, ThyssenKrupp Technologies is selling the Rendsburg/ Germany-based shipyard Nobiskrug GmbH. Nobiskrug, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has 400 employees and generated sales of…

STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea's top bulk carrier, has plans to spend 288 billion won ($295 million) to add two container ships to its fleet by 2012. Earlier this year, the…

Rolls-Royce has been selected to design a research vessel to carry out significant environmental research at both the North and South Poles. The vessel will be outfitted to cover a wide range…

Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard delivered the 147,000 m3 LNG carrier Dapeng Sun to China LNG Shipping (International) Ltd for service between Australia?s North West Shelf and China?s first LNG receiving terminal in Guangdong…

BulYard Shipbuilding Industry will fulfill a 60 million euro order for two cargo vessels placed by its majority owner Industrial Holding Bulgaria (IHB). The financing will be provided by IHB subsidiary KLVK.…

JFE Holdings Inc. and IHI Corp. will start talks to combine shipbuilding operations to create Japan's biggest shipyard, challenging South Korean and Chinese rivals. The Tokyo-based companies will discuss details including the…

Vic Emery, managing director of BAE Surface Fleet Solutions, in his evidence to the Scottish affairs committee, expects that after contracts for the two promised aircraft carriers are completed, the Royal Navy…

Recognising campaigners' fears that the Antarctic waters were at risk from the rising number of ships in the area, the IMO has invited member nations to submit proposals to limit shipping's impact…

Shipyard workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have voted to strike against a planned stake sale this year. The union said that about 93% of the 6,503 workers voted in favor…

South Korea's STX Shipbuilding has won an order for two VLCCs from STX Pan Ocean worth about $300 million. The order is part of the $810m fleet enlargement programme.