Jessop & Co, part of the Ruia Group in India, is planning to acquire about 1,500 acres in Haldia, West Bengal, to set up a dry dock for a ship-building and repairing…

Acquisition plans for the U.S. Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program could fall one year and two ships behind if the Senate Appropriations Committee?s recommendations are passed by the full Congress.The committee…

Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. (CSE) has suspended its shipbuilding operations after announcing plans to restructure under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. CSE operates Port Weller Dry Docks and Canal Marine in…

Argentine?s R?o Santiago shipyard in Ensenada, Buenos Aires, has started construction of the first of the four oil tankers ordered by the Venezuelan state oil firm Pdvsa. The 47,000 dwt vessel will…

Aker Promar reportedly plans to invest $45.7 million in the construction of a new shipyard in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro state. This will be Aker Promar's second shipbuilding facility…

Work on the Zhoushan Changbaidao project in China has been given the go-ahead. The project is to build a drydock of 400m in length and 106m in breadth in order to build…

STX Shipbuilding has won an order from an unidentified Turkish owner for three tankers at the price of $204 million. Delivered is slated by May 2009.

Danaos in Greece placed an order for five 6,500TEU container ships with Sungdong Shipbuilding for delivery during 2009. Total contract price is around $500 million.

Samsung Heavy industries and Atlantico in Brazil signed a $14 million contract of technology support including construction and operation of shipbuilding facility and ship design.Atlantico will build a 360 metre drydock at…

SembCorp Marine in Singapore has clinched a contract to build a gas production platform to be installed offshore in Brazil. The deal is worth $550m and the platform will be built by…