ABG Shipyard in Mumbai, India, plans to raise up to $100 million to expand its ship-building capacity to match rising demand. The company is already building its second shipyard at Dahej with…

MAN B&W Diesel has received a contract to supply slow speed diesel engines for the six 265,000 m3 Q-max LNG carriers ordered by Qatargas II from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in…

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, ("K" Line), has placed orders for three new double-hulled VLCCs with Japanese shipyards. Kawasaki Shipbuilding will build one unit for delivery 2nd quarter 2009 while IHI Marine United will…

The Teheran-based National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) aims to become a global player in energy transportation and could order at least 30 LNG carriers by the end of the year. NITC will…

Singapore's Labroy Shipbuilding and Engineering has secured a newbuilding order from the French cement company LaFarge worth 34.5 for the construction of a 30,000 DWT self discharging cement carrier scheduled to be…

The UK based shipbuilder and support service firm VT has been selected as the preferred bidder to enter the next round of discussions for the supply of ocean patrol vessels for the…

SembCorp Marine in Singapore has agreed to convert and outfit two semi-submersible hulls for Noble Drilling of the US. No financial details were given, as SembMarine expects to finalise the contract by…

The arctic container vessel Norilskiy Nickel was recently delivered to MMC Norilsk Nickel in Russia by Aker Yards in Helsinki. The newbuilding is intended for service on the northern sea route and…

The Varna-based MTG Dolphin Shiprepair Yard in Bulgaria will construct a ship-building facility on 4.7 ha of land adjacent to its current shiprepair site. The ship-building yard, due for completion in August,…