Global defense, security and aerospace company BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of Atlantic Marine Holding Company after receiving all necessary U.S. regulatory approvals.

The Evergreen Group has placed orders with Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd for ten 8,000-TEU L-class environmentally advanced container vessels.

Five vessels for sea rescue and border control of a new type will be built for the Swedish Coast Guard at Baltic Workboats in Estonia.

SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL), 80% subsidiary of Scottish energy group SeaEnergy PLC, and Chinese company Nantong COSCO Ship Steel Structure Co. Ltd (NCSC) have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to develop and market steel structures for the offshore wind industry.

Hanjin Shipping is pleased received its first 10,000TEU class containership.

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has welcomed the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) as the first new member after the introduction of new membership criteria in October 2009.

A new shipyard for Estaleiro Promar, subsidiary of STX Norway Offshore AS and partner PJMR Empreendimentos Ltda, will be built at the industrial and port complex of Suape in Pernambuco, Brazil.