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March 21, 2025
A poll conducted on Friday revealed that 72% of Americans said the U.S. could not remain dependent on China or other foreign shipbuilders. Morning Consult conducted a survey on March 10-12 of 2,204 adults for the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
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March 20, 2025
Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd, South Korea's biggest defence company, announced on Thursday that it planned to increase its equity capital by 3.6 trillion won ($2.5billion) in order to expand overseas and domestic production. Hanwha said it "plans"…
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March 18, 2025
VTB CEO Andrei Kostin announced on Tuesday that the deal for VTB to buy the Zvezda Shipbuilding Yard from Rosneft has fallen through because VTB-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation cannot finance the purchase. VTB currently runs USC, Russia’s largest shipbuilder.
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March 14, 2025
Thyssenkrupp said it is pursuing a plan to spin off a minority stake of its warship division. The newly created holding will be listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company said it was in talks with the German Government about a possible…
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March 10, 2025
South Korea's acting President on Monday instructed authorities to communicate actively with the U.S. Administration to resolve any misunderstandings over tariffs. This comes after U.S. president Donald Trump singled out South Korea recently for applying high tariffs.
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March 7, 2025
These are the most popular stories from the Wall Street Journal. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch their accuracy. SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded in the space on Thursday, just minutes after it lifted off from Texas. The FAA halted air traffic in some parts of Florida.
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March 5, 2025
On Tuesday, U.S. president Donald Trump informed Congress that his administration would create a shipbuilding office in the White House as well as offer new tax incentives to the sector. In a late-night address on Tuesday, Trump announced that…
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February 28, 2025
Seoul's Industry Ministry said that the South Korean industry minister asked for a tariff exemption during talks with U.S. officials, while Washington is moving forward with plans to implement new tariffs. Ahn Duk Geun met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, U.S.
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February 25, 2025
Airbus, a European aerospace and planemaker, announced on Tuesday that it would build the French Air and Naval Force's communications network under a contract worth up to 480 million euro ($502.46million). Airbus Defence and Space and Naval…
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February 25, 2025
His ministry announced that South Korea's Minister of Industry Ahn Duk Geun would travel to Washington D.C. between Wednesday and Friday to push for a further exemption from U.S. Steel Tariffs and to discuss ways to increase cooperation in energy and shipsbuilding.
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February 25, 2025
Thyssenkrupp will hold an extraordinary general assembly to complete a spin-off in the warship division in this calendar year. This was revealed by Chief Executive Miguel Lopez in a podcast published on Tuesday. Lopez, speaking on a podcast by the German newspaper WAZ…
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February 24, 2025
At a Rome bilateral summit, the United Arab Emirates announced that it plans to invest 40 billion dollars in Italy. The two countries did not give a timeframe. Since taking office as Italian Prime Minister in 2022 Giorgia Mello has sought to strengthen ties with Gulf nations…
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February 21, 2025
Two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed that Brazil's state oil company Petrobras may cancel a tender for a production, storage and offloading vessel from India's Shapoorji pallonji Energy. Sources claim that the state-run company…
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February 20, 2025
According to calculations based upon data from industry sources, the offline primary oil refinery capacity of Russia in February has been revised up by 82% compared to what was originally planned for this month. In February, idle primary oil…
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February 18, 2025
Shipbreaking is a global problem that requires urgent attention. On 15 km of coastline, Sitakunda is home to 30 ship-breaking yards. These yards recycle 38% of all dead ships in the world and provide steel scraps to Bangladesh's flourishing manufacturing industry.
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February 18, 2025
Saronic Technologies announced on Tuesday that it had closed a $600m Series C financing round led by Elad Gil. This funding round valued the autonomous shipbuilding firm at $4 billion. The company announced that it would use the funds to build Port Alpha…
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February 18, 2025
Last month, the sound of hammering and welding came from the Skaramangas Shipyard in Athens as workers repaired the bow on a large oil tanker while other vessels were waiting to be fixed nearby in a drying dock. The shipyard is now a hive of activity after a dramatic turnaround.
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February 9, 2025
U.S. president Donald Trump said that he expects Elon to uncover billions of dollars in fraud and abuse within the Pentagon, during an audit led by the billionaire. I'm going tell him to check out the Department of Education very soon. Maybe in 24 hours. Then, I will go and check with the military.
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February 9, 2025
U.S. president Donald Trump said he expects Elon to uncover billions of dollars in fraud and abuse within the Pentagon, during an audit led by the billionaire. I'm going tell him to check out the Department of Education very soon. Maybe in 24 hours. Then, I will go and check with the military.
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February 5, 2025
Sources close to the situation said on Wednesday that the superyacht, which sank in Sicily last April and killed British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, as well as six other people, would be recovered after its mast was dismantled. The salvage operation is expected to start around the middle of the month.
