Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard), a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, has signed a contract with Golar LNG Limited for the conversion of an existing Moss LNG carrier into a…

Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, has secured a S$88 million ($53.4 million) contract from Bergesen Worldwide Offshore to convert the VLCC ?BW Enterprise? to an FPSO.Bergesen Worldwide Offshore, a…

Aker Yards and Alstom marine have announced their intention to join forces in shipbuilding and create together one of the world leaders in this industry focusing on high value added ships, especially…

BAE Systems has sold its German sonar business Atlas Elektronik to the European aerospace group EADS and Germany's ThyssenKrupp Technologies. They will pay about EUR145m in cash and assume Atlas's pension liabilities…

The Bach Dang Shipbuilding Company, a subsidiary of the Vinashin group, recently launched a 13,500 dwt oil tanker, named ?Vinashin Sea?, the largest ever built in Vietnam. The tanker, 145 m long,…

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) here has embarked on a modernisation drive to augment its infrastructure facilities to manufacture state-of-the-art vessels with competitive prices and shorter delivery schedules. A GSL source said it…

Aker Yards and the French company Brittany Ferries have signed a Letter of Intent for the building of a roro-passenger ferry worth approximately 105-110 million euro for delivery in October 2008 at…

China's first LNG carrier was recently launched at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai and is scheduled for delivery in October 2007. The LNG ship is regarded a high-tech product with high-added value…

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) marked a world record of 890,000 bhp for large size marine engines for one month by completing a test run of the final marine engine on the 27th…

Stena has placed an order for up to four new ropax vessels with the BaltiyskyZavod yard in St Petersburg, Russia. The Russian yard is already building the hulls for two similar ropax…