The order for 12 LNG tankers for Teekay Shipping and the so-called J5 consortium of MOL, NYK, K Line, Mitsui and Iino, which we reported as "tentatively won" on 14 June, has…

P&O announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its entire 25% shareholding in Royal P&O Nedlloyd NV to two financial institutions acting on behalf of AP Moeller-Maersk, at…

Norfolkline, a leading North European multimodal short sea carrier and part of the AP Moller-Maersk Group, has announced its intention to acquire Norse Merchant Ferries, the Irish Sea ro-ro/ferry operator. Should the…

COSCO Corp (Singapore) Ltd?s 51%-owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group, has secured four high value contracts totaling US$20.5 million from Greek and Middle East oil tanker owners for double hull tanker conversions.The contracts…

On 21 January HMAS Armidale, first of a class of 12 patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy, was officially commissioned at a ceremony in Darwin, Australia.The 56.8m, all-aluminium mono-hull, built by…

South Korea?s Daewoo Shipbuilding is today signing a contract for the construction and operation of a ship repair yard in Oman with Mr Ahmed Bin Abdulnabi Macki, of the Ministry of National…

PTC, the product development company, has supplied its shipbuilding solution programs to Wuchang Shipyard. This software, comprising of Windchill PDMLink, Windchill ProjectLink and CADDS(R) 5i, will be used as a production design…

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has introduced a ?file access service (FAS), offering permanent storage of specified ship drawings according to USCG requirements for immediate access around the clock. The FAS serves as a…

Hyundai Heavy Industries's Engine & Machinery Division (EMD) contracted for the supply of sixteen sets of 7H21/32 diesel generating sets to be installed into four 3,500TEU container vessels ordered by German shipowner,…

KCI Konecranes will supply four shipboard gantry cranes (Konecranes-Munckloaders) to Oshima Shipyard in Japan to be installed onboard vessels ordered by Singaporean shipowner Masterbulk Pte. Ltd. The 55,000 DWT vessels will be…