Aker Yards and the German TT-Line have signed a contract for retrofitting of four passenger-car ferries. The retrofit means renewing the vessels fuel systems to be more flexible and conforming to today?s…

With an innovative design study for a 13,000 TEU container ship, Germanischer Lloyd and the Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) are showing just how big container carriers will be in the…

Scotland will get the lion?s share of the Royal Navy?s new £4 billion aircraft carrier contracts in a decision that will determine the future shape of the British shipbuilding industry and will…

NQEA in Queensland, Australia, has finalised the $7 million sale of its Queensland Marine and Industrial (QMI) to Brisbane-based Viking Industries. NQEA has now sold QMI, trading as Cairns Slipways, as well…

Carnival Corporation has assigned a previously ordered 112,000gt cruise ship to its Carnival Cruise Lines brand. The 3,006-passenger ship, to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, is expected to enter service in…

Aker Drilling has awarded Aker Kvaerner a turn-key contract for the delivery of two sixth-generation deepwater drilling semi-submersibles with an option for another two rigs by 2010. The two drilling rigs are…

China has expressed its strong interest in having a widespread presence in investment projects in Iran, of which, a shipbuilding complex contract in Qeshm Free Trade Zone (QFTZ) will soon reach the…

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering received a $500million order from Norway's Seadrill to supply a semi-submersible oil drill facility. Under the deal, the buyer can place two additional orders for drill facilities,…

The domestic shipping industry will require US $2 billion to replace the existing fleet older than 20 years. The current capacity of all the fleet stands at 8.3 million Gross Tonnage (GT)…

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia is rapidly progressing the construction of its new generation amphibious ship that will be considered by the Federal Government as part of the A$2 billion amphibious ships project.Defence Minister…