Star Clippers have been in discussions with shipyards to build a new five-mast vessel for delivery in 2010. Expected to be the largest, most expensive sailing vessel ever constructed, the 7,400 gt…

Cyprus-based sea transportation company Essar Shipping & Logistics Ltd (ESLL), which is a unit of the diversified Essar Global Ltd, has placed a mega order for constructing six bulk carriers with ABG…

COSCO Corporation has secured shipbuilding contracts worth $724 million to build 16 bulk carriers for German, Taiwanese and Greek shipowners. The vessels consist of bulk carriers of 57,000, 80,000 and 92,500 dwt…

A company that has repaired some of the world's largest cruise ships plans to set up a second operation in Philadelphia. The new shipyard, to be called PennShip Service, is expected to…

Bocimar International, the dry cargo ship owning subsidiary of Belgian-based CMB, has ordered 10 handysize bulk carriers from Samjin Corporation, in South Korea, for $36m per vessel. The 33,500 dwt newbuildings are…

Bremerhaven-based shiprepair and conversion specialist MWB is to open a third floating dock to meet increasing demand.

Guangzhou has received the go-ahead to begin construction on a big ship-production base that could help advance the southern China city?s status as a major Chinese ship producer.The first phase of Longxue…

Eitzen Chemical ASA in Norway has declared an option to build two additional vessels with Jinse Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Korea. The vessels are coated 13,000 dwt chemical carriers and will be…

Concordia Maritime?s product tanker ?Stena President?, the fifth of ten tankers in the P-MAX series, was recently named at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split. After her delivery in the third quarter of 2007,…

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has significantly strengthened its European service network with the acquisition of major independent service company Willem Pot BV. The Rotterdam-based Willem Pot is the largest independent lifeboat…