Kolkata-based Apeejay Shipping, (APJ Shipping), part of the Apeejay Surrendra group, has placed orders for three dry bulk carriers of 57,000 DWT from Cosco shipyard group of China at a total cost…

Dubai-based logistics and shipping firm Transworld has awarded a Dh293.6 million ($80 million) shipbuilding contract to China's Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard for two feeder container vessels. The order is in line with Transworld's…

Samsung Heavy Industries has won an 851.3 billion won ($905.4 million) order for four LNG carriers. The order came from an unidentified company in the Americas and the ships will be delivered…

Aker Yards Germany in Wismar and Rostock-Warnemünde delivered the fourth container vessel in a series of five of the newly developed type Aker CS 2100 container ships for Conti Reederei in Munich.…

WWL's owners Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA of Norway and Wallenius Lines of Sweden have ordered four of the world's largest ro-ro vessels from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI) Nagasaki yard in Japan for delivery…

The Baku-based shipbuilder Krasnoye Sormovo, part of the MNP Group, has won another contract from Palnali Shipping Company for five IMO2 tankers of "New Armada" type of RST22 project with high "ECO…

China Shipping Development Co plans to order four very large ore carriers (VLOCs) from Chinese shipbuilders for a total of $470 million. Each vessel will have capacity of 300,000 dead weight tonnes.…

Milan-based Saipem SpA will build a new deepwater field development ship (FDS)to be named 'Saipem FDS 2?, at an overall cost of 380 million euros. The order with the shipyard is expected…

Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd in India has placed an order for building two 57,000 DWT dry bulk carriers. The order has been placed with Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co Ltd and the…

Mumbai-based ABG Shipyard has delivered its third anchor handling tug vessel (AHTV) to Egypt-based Maridrive & Oil Services SAE. The AHTV, named ?Maridive-229?, will assist in the offshore oil and gas field…