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Thursday, July 28, 2011
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Daewoo Shipbuilding 2Q Net Down 3.6% On FX Losses, Operating Profit Surges

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (042660.SE), the world’s No. 3 shipbuilder by sales, said Thursday its

July 28, 2011
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
City of Portland to get Columbia River’s Fastest Fireboat
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City of Portland to get Columbia River’s Fastest Fireboat

Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., a Crowley company, has been chosen to design the fastest response fire and rescue boat on Oregon’s Columbia River to

July 26, 2011
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Monday, July 25, 2011
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Lloyd’s Register develops new risk management tool for vessels plying the high latitudes

New notation, ‘ShipRight FDA ICE’, introduces procedures which can help owners to manage their risks  Lloyd’s Register has given shipowners

July 25, 2011
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Exxon’s US Marine Affililiate Unveils Plan For Two New Tankers
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Exxon’s US Marine Affililiate Unveils Plan For Two New Tankers

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) said Monday its U.S. marine affiliate has signed an agreement for the construction of two crude oil tankers

July 25, 2011
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
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Keppel Corp 2Q Net Up 9.3%; Secures Record Rig Orders

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Keppel Corp. Ltd. (BN4.SG) Thursday reported better-than-expected growth in second-quarter net profit after profit contributions

July 21, 2011
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Hyundai Steel Expects Shipbuilding Plate Supply Deals With Japan In 2H

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Steel Co. (004020.SE), South Korea’s second-largest steelmaker by sales, said Thursday that it expects to win orders in

July 21, 2011
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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Hyundai Heavy 2Q Net Down 17% On Year At KRW538.8 Bln

Image (c) Hyundai Heavy Industries SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (009540.SE), the world’s largest shipbuilder by orders, said

July 20, 2011
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PREVIEW: Singapore Rig Builders 2Q Net Likely Steady; Outlook Strong

TAKING THE PULSE: Singapore rig builders are likely to report higher second-quarter net profits amid a steady rise in orders as drillers replace old fleets and

July 20, 2011
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding: Confident Of At Least 30% Growth In 1H Net

SINGAPORE -Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. (BS6.SG) said Tuesday it expects “not less than” 30% growth in net profit in the

July 18, 2011
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Wärtsilä to supply main engines for 25 new Russian tankers

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading systems integrator, has been awarded the contract to supply the main engines for a series of 25 tankers

July 18, 2011
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Interesting Ship of The Week – MARLIN 2000 Blue container feeders
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Interesting Ship of The Week – MARLIN 2000 Blue container feeders

This weeks interesting ship is the next generation MARLIN 2000 Blue feeder ship.  The Cardiff-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 of these new

July 12, 2011
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
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GE Awarded Chevron Contract To Deliver 3 Gas Turbine Modules

The General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engine Energy giant Chevron Corp. (CVX) awarded General Electric Co. (GE) a contract in the Gulf of Mexico, in which

July 5, 2011
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Extraction Impossible? Rare-Earth Mineral Reserves Found in Pacific
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Extraction Impossible? Rare-Earth Mineral Reserves Found in Pacific

SINGAPORE — Japanese explorers have found large deposits of rare-earth minerals on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, British journal Nature Geoscience

July 5, 2011
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Hyundai provides a quarter of the world’s total shipbuilding capacity [INTERVIEW]
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Hyundai provides a quarter of the world’s total shipbuilding capacity [INTERVIEW]

The following article originally appeared in DNV’s Tanker update No. 1 2011. by Magne A. Røe, DNV The Hyundai group of shipyards has the combined

July 5, 2011
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Keppel secures third jackup order from Asia Offshore Drilling, YTD orders hit S$7.4 billion
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Keppel secures third jackup order from Asia Offshore Drilling, YTD orders hit S$7.4 billion

Keppel Offshore & Marine’s new orders for the year-to-date reaches S$7.4 billion Keppel FELS Limited’s (“Keppel FELS”) repeat

July 3, 2011
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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ThyssenKrupp Drops Parts Of Shipyards Sale To Abu Dhabi Mar

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG (TKA.XE) Friday said it had cancelled a large part of the sale of its shipbuilding

July 1, 2011
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Robert Allan delivers first-in-class designed escort tug
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Robert Allan delivers first-in-class designed escort tug

Photo courtesy Robert Allan Ltd. IRSHAD, a joint venture between ADNOC and Lamnalco, have taken delivery of their latest high-performance terminal

June 30, 2011
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Interesting Ship of The Week – MPI Discovery and MPI Adventure
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Interesting Ship of The Week – MPI Discovery and MPI Adventure

MPI Resolution courtesy MPI Offshore This week’s interesting ships are MPI Offshore’s MPI Discovery and MPI Adventure, two state-of-the-art

June 29, 2011
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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Brazil OSX Gets Go-Ahead To Start Building Acu Shipyard

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian oil-field services company OSX Brasil SA (OSXB3.BR) said Monday that it had received approval to start construction

June 28, 2011
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Monday, June 27, 2011
SBM Offshore to moor world’s first FLNG
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SBM Offshore to moor world’s first FLNG

SBM Offshore has been awarded a contract from the “TSC” Consortium (made up of Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries) for the engineering,

June 27, 2011
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