The first of a series of ships ordered by Finnish chartering and operations company Meriaura Oy Ltd has been launched at Remontowa SA, in Poland.Named ?Aura?, (yard no. B 602/1), this is…

Deep Sea Supply ASA in Arendal, Norway, has taken delivery of the 3rd of eight PSV newbuildings from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel ?Sea Angler?, a UT 755L platform supply vessel,…

Taiwan's state-run shipbuilding company CSBC has received orders for 11 container ships, which boosts its total orders to 67 ships, enough to keep the yard busy until 2012. On Monday, CSBC signed…

Singapore-based shipbuilder Labroy Marine has signed two shipbuilding contracts with a German customer for two platform supply vessels. The contracts are worth $47.2 million and the vessels are scheduled to be delivered…

MAN Diesel has received the first order for its 7K80ME-C, Mark-9 engine.Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will build four such engines for the A.P. M?ller Group, intended for container ships to be constructed…

Swire Pacific Offshore has ordered another four IMT966 anchor handlers to the IMT Marine Consultants design. These follow six similar vessels already under construction at Labroy Shipyards, Singapore. Scotland-based IMT Marine Consultants,…

Hong Kong-based Sam Woo Holdings, a marine transportation company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Viet Nam?s Nha Trang Vinalines Marine to build a shipyard in Viet Nam. Work on the…

Viet Nam authorities recently approved a detailed planning of the An Duong Vinashin Shipyard which a total investment of $80 million. The shipyard is to be built on a total area of…

Jan de Nul, the Belgian dredging company, has placed orders with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industries Co Ltd in Tianjin, China, for eight new vessels.The contracts include one 3,700m3 splithopper dredger similar…