Tanker owner-operator AET, a wholly owned subsidiary of MISC Berhad, welcomed the newest addition to its rapidly growing fleet with the naming and delivery of the 107,000 dwt Eagle Turin at the…

Swire Pacific Offshore Holdings (SPO), the wholly owned offshore service subsidiary of Hong Kong listed Swire Pacific Limited, has placed an order with Qianjin Shipyard in Qingdao, China, to build eight vessels…

South Korean shipbuilder C&Heavy Industries has won a $163.3 million order for four bulk ships from an unidentified Asian company. The ships would be delivered by 31 January 2011.

The state-owned Oman Shipping Company has placed two contracts for a total of ten five VLCCs with two Korean shipbuilders. Both Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI)…

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, a global engineering and defence contractor, said its US shipyard VT Halter Marine has secured a new contract worth between $45 and $55 million to build two platform…

U.K. Defence Secretary Des Browne recently visited Babcock Marine in Rosyth, Scotland, to witness the start of a £50 million (almost $100 million) investment project at the dockyard in preparation for construction…

ISD Polska, a subsidiary of Ukrainian steel manufacturer ISD Donbas, plans to invest z³.700 million ($283 million) to build a modern shipyard in Gdansk. However, the project may be delayed due to…

Key decisions on the bunker industry's future have been shelved until an IMO meeting called for the end of next month. The IMO's Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) sub-committee, meeting in London…

The sea transportation service company PT Samudra Indonesia has placed an order with South Korea?s STX Shipbuilding for two bulk carriers at a total value of $97.6 million.The Indonesian company placed the…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has won a 1.28-trillion won ($1.35 billion) deal tobuild eight very large container ships (VLCS) for a European shipping company. The vessels will all be delivered by April…