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V-T Halter Marine has launched a 178 metre vessel designed to transport more than 3,000 vehicles between California and Hawaii. The M-V Jean Anne is the first of its kind to be…

The maverick Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who has just received a mandate to continue as president for the next three years, declared at a top-level meeting of Mercosur ministers and leaders that…

In June this year the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), Miami, announced that the production of the cruise liner Pride of America shall be continued at Germany?s Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven. The vessel…

In an interview with The Motor Ship, Nigel Gee described naval architecture as the second oldest profession in the world. He said "The modern science of naval architecture was established during the…

GE Infrastructure, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric, has begun field testing a cost-effective container security product for use in maritime shipping. The company, headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut, expects to roll…

A report released last month by the American Shipbuilding Association (ASA) paints a gloomy forecast about the future of shipbuilding in the USA. The ?Shipbuilding Industrial Base Survey and Report? centers on…

Austal, the Australian shipbuilder, reported a net profit after tax and outside equity interests of $20.1 million for the financial year ended 30 June 2004. This significantly improved result flows from a…

Norshipco shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, part of the United States Marine Repair, America's leading non-nuclear ship repair and conversion company, will lay off 400 people in what the shipyard hopes will be…

According to the Philippines? Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), twenty-five of the country?s 120 major ports have yet to comply with the new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code…