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  • No hope left for shipyard

    30 October 2006

    THE cranes at the Swan Hunter yard have been sold, ending nearly 150 years of shipbuilding. Owner Jaap Kroese, 67, confirmed the sale, which comes just three months after the world-famous Tyneside site shut with the loss of 800 jobs.

  • More shipyard fears as

    29 November 2006

    UNCERTAINTY again hangs over Appledore Shipbuilders with the loss of a hoped-for

  • Windward Offshore takes delivery of its first green methanol-ready CSOV

    1 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Vard has delivered the first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to Windward Offshore, Windward Athens, which marks the German company’s entry into the offshore wind operations & maintenance (O&M) market. Windward Offshore has three more CSOVs under construction at Vard. Built by Vard in Norway and delivered on schedule at Vard Brattvaag, the vessel is […]

  • Nevsky Shipyard Snares Four

    24 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard and the Direction of State Contractor of Marine Transport Development Program signed a contract for the construction of 4 multipurpose small-draft salvage vessels of MPSV12 project. Nevsky Shipyard got the right to conclude the given contract having won the open competitive tender. The Tender Committee announced the result of the tender on […]

  • Shipyard breaks shipbuilding record

    11 September 2006

    Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Ltd built a 3,500 TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessel in only 54 days, breaking China’s record of 60 days for a mid-sized container vessel. The shipyard’s accelerated shipbuilding technique has attracted more clients from the US and European countries. The team has already signed orders till the end […]

  • Lynch preparing for shipyard fight

    27 May 2005

    Gov. John Lynch has put together a committee to help persuade the Navy to keep the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard open. The Save the Shipyard Advisory Team includes two dozen lawmakers, business leaders and state and local officials. Lynch says its job will be to support the work being done by him, the New Hampshire and […]

  • Shipyard employees wait and wonder

    10 May 2005

    The town of Sanford has the largest population of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees. 392 people who work at yard live in the town. People who live there are hopeful the shipyard will stay off the Pentagon’s list of base closures.

  • SembCorp to build Brazil shipyard

    4 February 2010

    Singapore shipbuilder SembCorp Marine said today its Jurong Shipyard would build a new shipyard in Brazil to serve the region’s burgeoning offshore oil and gas industry. SembCorp said in a statement Jurong had bought a 825,000-square-metre site with 1.6 kilometres of coastline about 80 kilometres north of Vitoria in Espirito Santo State.

  • AIDAprima Hit by Fire in Shipyard

    12 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    A small fire broke out in the rear part of the newbuild AIDAprima cruise ship, owned by cruise line company AIDA Cruises, in the evening hours of January 11, the cruise liner has confirmed in a statement to World Maritime News. AIDA Cruises said that the fire on board the vessel, being built at Mitsubishi Yard in Nagasaki, […]

  • ABG Shipyard’s Rating Downgraded

    12 June 2013

    India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) has downgraded ABG Shipyard Limited’s (ABG Shipyard) Long-Term Issuer Rating to ‘IND BB-’ from ‘IND BBB’ and resolved the Rating Watch Negative (RWN). The Outlook is Negative. The agency has also downgraded the rating on the company’s INR2bn non-convertible debenture programme to Long-Term ‘IND BB-’ from ‘IND BBB’. Key Rating […]

  • Shipyard plans Indian expansion

    5 November 2007

    A Tyneside engineering firm is planning to open a shipyard in India, in an attempt to capitalise on a boom in Asian oil production. South Shields-based McNulty claims the expansion will help secure future contracts for 300 workers on the Tyne.

  • Shipyard workers in crisis talks

    5 March 2007

    Workers at the Ferguson shipyard at Port Glasgow are meeting amid fears of job losses. The GMB union said two thirds of the workers would be given redundancy notices threatening the survival of one of the last yards on the lower Clyde.

  • Hopes fade for sale of shipyard

    15 January 2007

    THE millionaire owner of Swan Hunter last night admitted he may never be able to sell his mothballed shipyard. Jaap Kroese said he had received no interest in the Tyneside yard and hopes of selling it to a developer in the coming months were fading.

  • Macduff Shipyards delivers ‘Ellorah’

    21 July 2009

    The latest completion by Scotland’s Macduff Shipyards is the ‘Ellorah’ for the Shaulora Fishing Company. The vessel will be skippered by Graeme Buchan and Graeme Smart, owners of the company. The vessel is a new design by the yard and is arranged as a twin rig prawn/whitefish trawler. The vessel will operate out of Fraserburgh […]

  • ABG Shipyard raises Rs1.4bn

    31 May 2005

    ABG Shipyard Limited (ABG), on Monday announced that the company has concluded a Rs1.4bn private equity financing round with Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), Leverage India Fund, a fund managed by IL&FS Investment Managers and Merlion India Fund, a Fund managed by SCPE. IL&FS acted as Financial Advisors to ABG and structured this placement.

  • Shipyard tackles skills shortage

    5 October 2006

    A shipyard in Cumbria is holding a recruitment drive to enlist dozens of new workers. Up to 60 jobs are being created at BAE systems in Barrow for the fitting out of a Royal Navy nuclear submarine. Advertisements have now been placed in local job centres in an attempt to plug the urgent need for […]

  • Brazil to fund shipyard in Venezuela

    3 May 2010

    LR-Fairplay’s Daily Newbuilding News says Brazil’s development bank BNDES has announced that it will pay for building a US$1 billion shipyard in Venezuela. LR-Fairplay said the deal was discussed by Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during talks in Brasilia. The yard will be built by an as-yet-undetermined Brazilian […]

  • Wight Shipyard to merge with OCEA

    8 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Britain’s aluminium shipbuilder, The Wight Shipyard Co., has unveiled an all-share merger with the complementary French shipbuilder OCEA to create a combined group to capitalise on the fast ferry and offshore renewable energy markets opportunities.

  • Building for the future: Damen Shipyards

    3 August 2012

    Damen has a network of more than 45 shipyards, repair yards and related companies world wide. These shipyards are either in partnership with, or directly owned and managed by, Damen. In fact it is almost certain that one of them is close to your wind farm. They have a wide range of vessels in their […]

  • Norway’s Buksér og Berging welcomes new hybrid tug

    30 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norwegian maritime services provider Buksér og Berging has taken delivery of a new hybrid tugboat built by Türkiye’s Uzmar Shipyard.

  • Ukrainian Shipyards to Cooperate with Damen

    15 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The specialists of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Dutch company Damen Shipyards Group will create a panel on activization of making ships by Ukrainian shipyards. Such an agreement has been achieved in the course of a working visit of Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov to the Kingdom of Netherlands. According to […]

  • Dutch Shipyards Are Looking to the Future

    17 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Shipyards, the backbone of the Dutch maritime cluster, have been a breeding ground for innovation for centuries.

  • Shipyard plans to increase security

    4 April 2007

    The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard plans to beef up security, ‘Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is considering expanding the two existing restricted areas so that access to the entire island is controlled,’ said Danna Eddy, deputy public affairs officer for the Kittery Port Authority.

  • LA NAVAL Shipyard: Spanish shipyard geared for future offshore wind projects

    16 October 2012

    Sestao-based LA NAVAL Shipyard has not been taken aback by the withdrawal of a newbuilding order by the financially troubled German offshore wind farm developer and shipowner BARD Engineering. It continues developing multipurpose vessels fit to assist installations of wind turbines. Relying on capacities and experience in meeting special requirements for jacking systems, huge capacity […]

  • Report: Shipyard closure disastrous

    21 April 2005

    The closing of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard would cost the Seacoast more than 3,000 jobs, according to a report released this week. The report also predicts closure would negatively affect state revenue and reduce the population for more than a decade. The document, “What If the Shipyard Closed,” was produced by the Economic and Labor Market […]