Venezuela Oil (PDVSA) signed an agreement with Brazilian company Andrade Gutierrez to build a shipyard in Venezuela which will provide the state owned oil company with new oil tankers.The creation of this…

Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark presented its latest newbuilding, an 11,000 TEU container vessel, for A.P. Moller ? Maersk Group. The newbuilding, named ?Eleonora Maersk?, will, like her predecessors ?Emma Maersk? and…

Rising fuel prices have had a clear impact on all forms of passenger transport and the ferry industry is no exception. It is already well established that, when considering high speed marine…

A statement made by Rear Admiral Iftikhar Rao, managing director of the Karachi Shipyard in Pakistan, said that the yard would not be privatised and it would continue its operational activities under…

A Florida-based company is suggesting a project of enormous magnitude for Malta, which includes the construction and placing in Qawra Bay of a semi-submerged resort, casino and convention centre. The project also…

Simon M?kster has signed a contract with the Leirvik-based shipbuilder Havyard to build an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) of Havyard 842 design. The $46 million vessel is due to be delivered…

IHC Holland Merwede?s subsidiary company IHC Holland Dredgers BV has won an order from the Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster for two medium sized trailing suction hopper dredgers of 5.600 m³.…

India's Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to set up a large shipyard at a cost of about $446 million to capitalise on expected demand for vessels as international trade grows.L&T is looking…