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Cruise Control Helps Ship Beat The Gap
A skilled ship's captain has managed to squeeze a new vessel through a narrow shipyard entrance. It's not an easy first day at work but the 'conveyance', as it's officially known, is......
Marine Money Announces Winners of 2009 Deal of the Year Awards (PR Newswire via Ya...
Thu 11 Mar 2010 7:28pm
For the international shipping industry, 2009 was a year of extraordinary challenge and transformative change. It was a year that saw the ascendancy of China not only as a powerhouse......
Petrobras Taps Jurong Shipyard for Roncador P62 FPSO (Rigzone)
Thu 11 Mar 2010 3:04pm
Jurong Shipyard has secured an approximately S$130 million (~ US $93 million) contract to carry out pre-conversion works on the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), the MT SUVA, to be re......
Reliving 300 years of shipbuilding history (The Scotsman)
Thu 11 Mar 2010 11:25am
IT WAS the first shipbuilding company not only in Scotland but the world....
Vessel port fees U-turn attacked
Thu 11 Mar 2010 3:50am
Shipping organisations say the cut in a proposed increase in the fees charged to vessels visiting British ports is too small to make a significant difference...
Walter Smedley Jr., yachtsman, manufacturers' rep (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Thu 11 Mar 2010 12:02am
Walter Smedley Jr., 89, a yachtsman and manufacturer's representative to the shipbuilding industry, died of congestive heart failure March 2 at his home, the family farm where he was......
BAE Systems Barrow boss on future of shipyard (North-West Evening Mail)
Wed 10 Mar 2010 9:31pm
A BAE graduate trainee with nerves of steel quizzed the shipyards boss at a prestigious defence conference and said he felt his future was not very secure....
TCC to launch slimmed-down shipping services
Wed 10 Mar 2010 8:23pm
One of the boldest shipping ventures of the past two decades is to start operations next month during the sector's worst downturn with the first sailing by a simplified container shi......
Analysts laud BIW, Austal for LCS split (The Times Record)
Tue 9 Mar 2010 2:05pm
BATH Analysts who monitor Navy shipbuilding are calling the breakup of Bath Iron Works and Austal USA a shrewd move for both shipyards....
Shipbuilders call for new direction (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Tue 9 Mar 2010 9:55am
The Australian shipbuilding industry wants the Federal Government to step in and help steer the industry back on course....
A skilled ship's captain has managed to squeeze a new vessel through a narrow shipyard entrance. It's not an easy first day at work but the 'conveyance', as it's officially known, is......
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=33061579&cat=ce3f552cecabceb8
Marine Money Announces Winners of 2009 Deal of the Year Awards (PR Newswire via Ya...
Thu 11 Mar 2010 7:28pm
For the international shipping industry, 2009 was a year of extraordinary challenge and transformative change. It was a year that saw the ascendancy of China not only as a powerhouse......
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/shipbuilding+AND+industry/SIG=11olth2hg/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/100311/ny69076.html?.v=1
Petrobras Taps Jurong Shipyard for Roncador P62 FPSO (Rigzone)
Thu 11 Mar 2010 3:04pm
Jurong Shipyard has secured an approximately S$130 million (~ US $93 million) contract to carry out pre-conversion works on the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), the MT SUVA, to be re......
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/shipbuilding+AND+industry/SIG=11tiujjjk/*http%3A//www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=89237&hmpn=1
Reliving 300 years of shipbuilding history (The Scotsman)
Thu 11 Mar 2010 11:25am
IT WAS the first shipbuilding company not only in Scotland but the world....
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/shipbuilding+AND+industry/SIG=12jjtv6t9/*http%3A//news.scotsman.com/scotland/Reliving-300-years-of-shipbuilding.6141043.jp
Vessel port fees U-turn attacked
Thu 11 Mar 2010 3:50am
Shipping organisations say the cut in a proposed increase in the fees charged to vessels visiting British ports is too small to make a significant difference...
http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/17f62d26-2c6e-11df-be45-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fshipping
Walter Smedley Jr., yachtsman, manufacturers' rep (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Thu 11 Mar 2010 12:02am
Walter Smedley Jr., 89, a yachtsman and manufacturer's representative to the shipbuilding industry, died of congestive heart failure March 2 at his home, the family farm where he was......
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/shipbuilding+AND+industry/SIG=13bm8rqap/*http%3A//www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20100311_Walter_Smedley_Jr___yachtsman__manufacturers__rep.html
BAE Systems Barrow boss on future of shipyard (North-West Evening Mail)
Wed 10 Mar 2010 9:31pm
A BAE graduate trainee with nerves of steel quizzed the shipyards boss at a prestigious defence conference and said he felt his future was not very secure....
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/steel+AND+ship+AND+shipyard/SIG=14avokg61/*http%3A//www.nwemail.co.uk/news/bae-systems-barrow-boss-on-future-of-shipyard-1.681351?referrerPath=/evening-mail-news-round-up-1.118665
TCC to launch slimmed-down shipping services
Wed 10 Mar 2010 8:23pm
One of the boldest shipping ventures of the past two decades is to start operations next month during the sector's worst downturn with the first sailing by a simplified container shi......
http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ed3c67a-2c66-11df-be45-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Fshipping
Analysts laud BIW, Austal for LCS split (The Times Record)
Tue 9 Mar 2010 2:05pm
BATH Analysts who monitor Navy shipbuilding are calling the breakup of Bath Iron Works and Austal USA a shrewd move for both shipyards....
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/steel+AND+ship+AND+shipyard/SIG=12h9igk8o/*http%3A//timesrecord.com/articles/2010/03/09/news/doc4b9532a370f6b687936525.txt
Shipbuilders call for new direction (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Tue 9 Mar 2010 9:55am
The Australian shipbuilding industry wants the Federal Government to step in and help steer the industry back on course....
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/shipbuilding+AND+industry/SIG=12tjntumj/*http%3A//au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/6911807/shipbuilders-call-for-new-direction/
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