Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., Houston, announced that a subsidiary, Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, has entered into a turnkey contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for construction of a new ultra-deepwater drillship with delivery scheduled for late in the second quarter of 2013.

French shipbuilding company DCNS has presented its new-generation BRAVE (Bâtiment RAVitailleur d’Escadre) underway replenishment tanker and support vessel under development for both the French Navy and international customers.

At the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano-La Spezia the multipurpose vessel "Rossita" for Russia was launched in the presence of the Italian Minister for Economic Development, Paolo Romani, and the Russian Minister for Industry and Trade, Viktor Khristenko.

The Port of Gothenburg and Hisings Backa based SP Marine AB have developed a new method for dealing with oil spills.

Marine Resources Group (MRG), a Seattle based family of companies that operate tug and barge fleets throughout the United States, is expanding into the Alaska harbor services business.

World-leading expertise from the University of Southampton and Lloyd’s Register is being brought together in the largest research collaboration of its kind in the UK.

Aker Solutions has entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) whereby it has agreed to transfer operations within its Process and Construction business area to US based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., one of the world's largest and most diverse…

In order to meet the fast-growing volume of cargo and the demand for a direct service between India, Pakistan and China, Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Line and Dubai based Simatech announced that they will be launching a China – India (CIX2 /…