A new alliance between Dutch shipbuilder Volharding Shipyard and Um Deniz Sanayi of Turkey has been formed and is further evidence that some shipbuilders are considering strategic partnerships to take advantage of…

Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with Swire Pacific Offshore, Singapore, for the building of three ice-breaking supply vessels at Aker Langsten. The contract is…

ABG Shipyard, the largest private yard in India, has selected Rolls-Royce to design and provide equipment for three Indian Coast Guard ships which will prepare it to combat potential environmental crises ?…

Spanish shipyard workers and employers reached a basic agreement yesterday to save the jobs of 10,700 workers. The future of 10 yards controlled by Izar shipyards, owned by government industrial holding company…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea secured orders for 11 product carriers plus four options from three ship owners valued at $550 million. Four 46,000DWT product carriers from National Chemical Carriers in…

Hanjin Heavy Industries picked up an order for four 5,100TEU container ships from Cosco at the total price of $ 280 million. Ship particulars are 294.1m long, 32.2m wide with a depth…

Vietnam's largest shipbuilder, Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), has obtained preferential loans from China amounting to $99.8 million to construct a large shipyard in the central region. Scheduled to become operational in…

Construction work has commenced on the Longxue shipbuilding facility, South China?s largest shipbuilding base. The new shipyard complex will aim to be among the top shipbuilders in the world as well as…

Australian shipbuilders have been invited to tender for one of the countries? largest defence projects. The Federal Government has advertised for majority Australian-owned companies to construct three air warfare destroyers in a…