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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved closer yesterday to finalizing new engine and fuel standards for the largest ocean-bound ships by sending the draft rules to the White House for review.…

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, has won a $1.4 billion deal to build an offshore gas platform in Myanmar. It said it secured the order from Daewoo International,…

Bergen Group BMV in Norway has negotiated a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding Group LP about takeover of the shipyard hull number 164, a large DP3 offshore vessel that will be completed…

Global shipbuilding executives will meet in Berlin, Germany, at the end of October for the 18th annual JECKU Top Executive Meeting. From 28 to 30 October, the JECKU convention, an acronym of…

NYK Shipmanagement Singapore is taking competence management to new heights after it recently became the first Asian ship manager to be certified in accordance with the DNV standard for competence management system.…

The United States and Canada are nearing an international agreement to clean up the emissions of ships travelling within 200 nautical miles offshore. Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calculate that…

San Diego-based General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, laid the keel for USNS Washington Chambers, the eleventh ship of the Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo-ammunition ships…

The US Department of Transportation announced 70 grants totalling $98 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds that will be used to improve small shipyards throughout the United States. The…

A tender for the sale of Croatia's state-owned shipyards has already attracted firm interest at home and abroad following the recent issue of an international tender for the sale of six shipyards.…