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China's Shipbuilders Saw Output, Orders, Decline in Q1 2012

Chinese shipbuilding companies saw sharp declines in output and new orders in the first quarter, as the industry felt the global and domestic slowdowns New shipbuilding orders fell 48.

Fincantieri & Norway's NLI to Collaborate in Mobile Offshore Rig Sector

Shipbuilders Fincantieri and NLI, a Norwegian oil drilling & topside equipment provider, agree cooperation in mobile drill rig market The agreement includes

Construction Milestone on Virginia-Class Submarine Minnesota

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) said that the Virginia-class submarine Minnesota (SSN 783) is "pressure hull complete," signifying that all of

Prelude FLNG Started at Drydocks World – Dubai

Pioneering Prelude FLNG project initiated at Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard with Turret Steel Cutting.   Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair,

German Shipowner Invests in Fleet Rejuvenation

Young Fleet for Heavy Loads:  Shipowner Roelf Briese relies successfully on ongoing fleet rejuvenation Leer, Germany, not to far from the river Ems entry into the North Sea,

Cruise Ship Returns to Erie Canal

Grande Mariner was Stranded on Canal System During 2011 Flooding. The M/V Grande Mariner, a 96-passenger cruise ship that was stranded for more than two months because of flooding in 2011,

Damen Launches its Longest (120m) Pontoon Ever

Damen Shipyards announced that it launched the first of its newly designed Stan Pontoon (SPo) 12032. The SPo 12032 is the longest pontoon ever built by Damen and

RR Water Jets for MPI Windfarm Support Vesssels

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply water jets for four new wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats for offshore company MPI The 19 metre

GL & MAN Publish Joint Study on LNG as Fuel for Container Ships

GL & MAN make available their joint advisory study on the costs and benefits of using liquid natural gas (LNG) as a fuel for container vessels Using liquefied

BLRT Group & BMT to Cooperate on Vessel Designs

BLRT Marketex, a subsidiary of BLRT Grupp AS, and BMT Nigel Gee Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, have signed an agreement whereby BMT will provide vessel

China, HK, Macao, Dealership Agreed by Italian Yachtbuilder

Italian superyacht builder Apreamare has signed an exclusive dealership agreement for China, Hong Kong and Macao with Xiamen Smart Hero Yacht Co Ltd, Italian motorboat

Historic Russian Sailing Ship Replica Prepared for Launch

Full-size replica of  God's Predestination' an 18-th century Russian sailing ship being built by JSC Pavlovsk Shipyard near Voronezh will be ready for launching

What’s Next?

The maritime industry goes from cycle to cycle, living with and by uncertainty. You could even say that our industry embraces risk. This means that “What’s

Five Minutes with Bill Clifford, President, BAE Systems Ship Repair

We recently spent some time with Bill Clifford, President, BAE Systems Ship Repair, to discuss his views How did you come to your current position? Clifford   

Ribcraft Builds 6.8M RIBS for Fugro Seacore

British boat manufacturer Ribcraft will officially hand over the second in a batch of specially built 6.8M RIBS to overwater Marine Drilling Contractor Fugro Seacore at Seawork 2012.

GD Wins $7m for Submarine Work

General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $6.8 million U.S. Navy contract modification to design and procure a common controller for various shipboard functions on Virginia-class submarines.

Graig Wins Suezmax Supervision Contract

Graig secures ten-vessel supervision contract for Global Union suezmax newbuildings.   Graig China Ltd (GCL), part of the Cardiff-based Graig Group, has

COSCO Delivers Three Large Bulk Carriers

COSCO Corporation (Singapore) announce that subsidiaries of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group have delivered three more bulk carriers to Asian owners 1.

REW Innogy Names Offshore Turbine Installation Vessel

RWE Innogy names offshore wind turbine installation vessel “Victoria Mathias” tasked to help build the German offshore wind farm 'Nordsee Ost' During a festive ceremony in Bremerhaven ,

China Rongsheng Names, Delivers 380,000 dwt VLOC's

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries christened the first of two 380,000 DWT Very Large Ore Carriers built for Oman Shipping deliivers another of the same to Vale S.

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