STX Shipbuilding has won a deal valued at 204 billion won ($215 million) to build two bulk carriers. The contract from a European shipping company calls on the Korean shipbuilder to deliver…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) plans to deliver 25% more vessels this year as it increases production to work through almost four years worth of orders. The company delivered 11 vessels in January,…

In an attempt to tap increasing demand for ship engines, India?s largest shipping firm, the state-owned Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI), is joining hands with a few government-run ports to enter…

Construction of a $281.25 million shipbuilding complex has begun in Yen Hung district, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam.Invested by the Pha Rung Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Vinashin, the complex…

Samsung Heavy Industries is reportedly nearing a deal valued at $1.32 billion to build two drill ships. The Korean shipbuilder indicated that the contract will be made later in the day with…

The VNSI (Netherlands? Shipbuilding Industry Association) and HME (Holland Marine Equipment Association) have combined their representative activities into a new association called ?Scheepsbouw Nederland? (Holland Shipbuilding Association) which will be based in…

Henderson-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine in Western Australia will open its first shipyard in the Americas later this year following a successful joint venture bid with Servicios Navales E Industriales S.A. DE C.V.…

South Korea?s largest construction company, Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) has clinched a $443-million contract to build a shipyard in Oman jointly with an Oman-based builder. The ship repair yard is…

South Korea's STX Group plans to set up a manufacturing base in Vietnam, investing $150 million by 2015, to expand its offshore plant business. STX Group's three subsidiaries, STX Corp , STX…

American Commercial Lines (ACL), an integrated marine transportation and services company, has entered into a six-year, $100 million, multi-vessel contract with a major customer, to build both liquid and dry cargo barges.…