BAE Systems, the UK?s biggest defence contractor, is poised to win control of the Devonport dockyard, home to Britain's nuclear submarine fleet, after Babcock International appeared to draw back from making an…

Gardline Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Gardline Group in Great Yarmouth, UK, has signed a one-year contract for ?Triton? to augment the customs patrol boat fleet as the Australian Government strengthens…

Wärtsilä has won a contract from Vinashin Shipbuilding Industry Corporation in Vietnam to supply fixed pitch propellers (FPP) for a series of five bulk carriers under construction for UK-based shipowner Graig Group.…

Australia?s Industry and Enterprise Minister Francis Logan called for tenders for the construction of a floating dock at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson. Logan said the floating dock was part of…

Ukrainian industrialists continue to snap up production assets in neighbouring Central Europe, quietly establishing a sizable foothold in the EU. A Polish shipyard is the latest target of a leading Donetsk-based financial-industrial…

Australian Pacific Touring (APT) has announced the building of a third European River Cruise Ship. The new 150 passenger ?Amacello?, expected to be ready for 2008, will be a sister ship to…

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has won a $500 million order to build five 4,710 TEU containerships for Germany's Hamburg Sud. The ships will have a length of 309 m, beam of…

Dredging and Maritime Management S.A., member of the Jan De Nul Group, has ordered a new 223 metre mega hopper with a capacity of 46,000 m3. The order has been placed with…

Target Marine in Greece has placed an order for four plus six 81,000DWT bulk carriers with C& Heavy Industries in South Korea at the price of $ 400 million. They will be…

Oil Sea Harvester, an EU funded project, is developing an innovative ship design for tackling oil spills in rough seas. The decision to design such a ship was made in the aftermath…