Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) today 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.
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The managing director of the National Iranian Tanker Company said that in 2011, 6 giant oil tanker ships will be added to the fleet increasing its capacity up to 12.5 million tons a year.
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A record number of very large and ultra-large containerships with capacity of more than 7,500 TEUs will be delivered in 2011, according to Alphaliner. They will pump 860,000 TEUs of capacity into the world containership fleet next year, accounting for about 63 percent of all new slots due for delivery in 2011. Alphaliner forecasts...
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Ship component manufacturer Blohm and Voss Industries (BVI) has opened up in Singapore.
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NYK has provided free ocean transport for seven TEUs (seven 20-foot containers) of relief goods to assist in the recovery from the devastating earthquake that occurred on February 27 in Chile.
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