Bangladesh has taken a step towards developing a major shipbuilding and shiprepair centre at Matarbari deep-sea port after granting in-principle approval to a privately financed project valued at USD 1 billion (EUR 879 million). The Ministry of…

The Queensland Government has committed AUD 4.5 million (EUR 2.76 million) towards new maritime infrastructure at Brisbane's Cairncross Dockyard, supporting a wider redevelopment programme valued at AUD 2.5 billion (EUR 1.54 billion). The funding…

ABS has signed a memorandum of understanding with three South Korean organisations to support workforce development, technical certification and regulatory cooperation across the South Korean and US maritime sectors, with a particular focus on naval…

Gama Ship Repair, a UAE-based company, is undertaking an oil tanker to bitumen tanker conversion project in Lagos, Nigeria, extending work traditionally carried out at its UAE facilities to a remote project site. The conversion involves extensive…

More than 100 members of the European Parliament have called on Danish shipyard Fayard to stop servicing Arc7 ice-class LNG tankers used in Russia’s Arctic export trade, increasing pressure on what is understood to be the last shipyard in the EU…

South Korean authorities have launched an investigation and ordered a partial work suspension at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' Ulsan shipyard following the second fatal workplace accident at the group's facilities this month. HD Hyundai said a worker…

Anemoi Marine Technologies has secured additional design assessment certificates from Bureau Veritas for several variants of its Rotor Sail wind-assisted propulsion technology, expanding the range of independently approved systems available for both…

The UK-flagged tug Svitzer Stanlow is undergoing a significant repair programme at Balaena Birkenhead, where yard teams are carrying out extensive work on the vessel’s Voith Schneider propulsion system during a scheduled drydocking. The project…