Shipbuilding and Maintenance
Europe's largest cruise ship makes first voyage
Mar 14, 2013 14:59 EDT
Europe's largest cruise ship the MSC Preziosa -- a behemoth longer than the Eiffel Tower -- cast off on its first voyage Thursday, from Saint-Nazaire in western France to the southern port of Marseille.
US leaders squabble despite Bernanke cuts warning
Feb 26, 2013 14:49 EST
US political leaders Tuesday traded blame rather than fixing a row threatening the fragile economy.
Obama to highlight cuts impact in shipyard
Feb 26, 2013 07:51 EST
President Barack Obama will Tuesday paint a devastating picture of looming government budget cuts, at a fabled shipbuilding yard in Virginia that provides the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carriers.
BAE Systems eyes 3,500 US job cuts as profits drop
Feb 21, 2013 11:02 EST
British arms maker BAE Systems said Thursday that stretched defence budgets weighed on the group's profits in 2012 and warned that fresh cutbacks could force it to axe 3,500 jobs at US shipyard operations.
S.Korea's Daewoo wins $1.1 bln Norway order
Feb 20, 2013 21:40 EST
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said on Thursday it had secured a $1.1 billion order to build a fixed platform for Norway's Statoil ASA.
Dubai's QE2 to float as luxury hotel in Asia
Jan 17, 2013 09:10 EST
Iconic cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 will be upgraded into a luxury floating hotel with 500 rooms and will be moored in an Asian harbour, its Dubai owners said in a statement on Thursday.
Finnish ship builder to cut jobs: union
Jan 02, 2013 12:36 EST
Ship building firm STX Finland is to reduce its headcount after it failed to clinch a one billion-euro ($1.33 billion) cruise ship order, the Finnish Metalworkers' Union said on Wednesday.
French shipyard STX lands billion-euro luxury liner deal
Dec 28, 2012 15:42 EST
Officials hailed some rare good news for France's struggling economy on Friday after an ailing shipyard landed a billion-euro contract to build a luxury liner for a US cruise company.
STX France lands billion-euro luxury liner contract
Dec 28, 2012 03:42 EST
An ailing French shipyard landed a billion-euro contract Thursday as a US cruise company announced it was ordering a massive luxury liner from STX France at Saint Nazaire.
S.Korea's Daewoo wins $1.8 bln order from Norway
Dec 25, 2012 01:53 EST
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said on Tuesday it had secured a 1.9 trillion won ($1.8 billion) order to build a fixed platform for Norway's Statoil ASA.
At least 90 injured as oil rig tilts in Singapore
Dec 03, 2012 06:56 EST
About 90 workers were injured Monday when an oil rig being built at a shipyard in Singapore tilted to one side, the Ministry of Manpower said, amid reports of explosions and snapping cables.
S. Korea's Daewoo wins $1.94 bn deal in Africa
Aug 20, 2012 02:00 EDT
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said Monday it has clinched a 2.22 trillion won ($1.94 billion) deal to build five offshore platforms for an African company.
Hyundai Heavy wins $1.2 bln Greek shipbuilding order
Jul 03, 2012 01:26 EDT
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, said on Tuesday it had won a $1.2 billion order to build 10 huge container ships for a Greece-based company.
Copenhagen's iconic Little Mermaid gets her prince
May 31, 2012 13:45 EDT
For almost a century, Copenhagen's iconic Little Mermaid statue has perched alone on a rock in the harbour, wistfully pining for the prince she has been promised -- and now she will finally get her man.
Hyundai shipyard wins $700 mln order from Norway
May 28, 2012 01:09 EDT
South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a $700 million order from a Norwegian company to build the world's largest semi-submersible oil rig, it said on Monday.
Fire on US submarine leaves seven injured: Navy
May 24, 2012 11:20 EDT
Five firefighters and two crew members suffered minor injuries in a blaze aboard a US attack submarine at a shipyard in Maine, the Navy said Thursday.
Lenin returns to Poland's historic Solidarity shipyard
May 14, 2012 13:54 EDT
After two decades, the name of Vladimir Lenin made a comeback Monday to Poland's Gdansk shipyard, the famed 1980 birthplace of the anti-communist Solidarity trade union.
Daewoo starts work on world's biggest container ship
May 14, 2012 02:58 EDT
A South Korean shipbuilder said on Monday it has started work on the world's largest container vessel, with a deck big enough to accommodate four football pitches.
Northern Ireland pinning hopes on Titanic resurgence
Apr 09, 2012 05:00 EDT
A century after the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, Belfast is counting on a new visitor attraction about the iconic ship to put the city that built it back on the tourist map.
Northern Ireland pinning hopes on Titanic resurgence
Apr 08, 2012 23:01 EDT
A century after the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, Belfast is counting on a new visitor attraction about the iconic ship to put the city that built it back on the tourist map.
