Offshore services provider Swissco Holdings has ordered two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels and a fast utility/crew boat with an option for a second unit.

Leading shipping analyst Martin Stopford says that next year will be tougher for shipbuilders as new deliveries and capacity continue to outstrip orders. While this year has seen a pick-up in newbuilding orders it is far removed from the boom of a...

The IMO Assembly has adopted a resolution adjusting the implementation dates of the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC).

Drydocks World has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Offshore Innovation Management to build a series of multi-purpose jack-up rigs, with the first delivery expected in 2016.

Cosco Shipyard Group has secured a contract to construct two 64,000 dwt bulk carriers, for over $54m.

Rolls-Royce has bagged an order to provide design and integrated equipment package for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) being built by Sinopacific Shipbuilding.

Despite issues such as labour supply and poor quality supply chains, Russia’s shipyards are eyeing a major boost from Arctic shipping and oil exploration.

Chinese shipyards should no longer dangle low newbuilding prices and compromise on quality in order to win shipbuilding contracts, urged Zhang Guangqin, president of China Association of National Shipbuilding Industry (Cansi).

DNV GL and Shanghai Maritime Ship Research and Design Institute (SDARI) have unveiled a new eco-handymax bulker design the Green Dolphin 575 at Marintec China 2013.

Chinese shipyards are catching up in the quality race on shipbuilding, in particular on the more specialised vessels for the booming offshore marine market, according to ABB, power and automation technology group.