Shipbuilding
Southeast Asian yards in difficulties
Vietnam's Vinashin and Indonesia's PT Pal Shipyard are facing an uphill battle. Shipyards in Southeast Asia, especially Vietnam and Indonesia, are facing bleak times. Orders have come to a standstill and existing customers are either seeking to de...
2009-04-20 08:04:13
Rousse Shipyard comes to a standstill
All 800 workers at Bulgaria’s Rousse Shipyard are being temporarily laid off after materials ran out. The company said the staff will stop work on 27 April until further notice because of serious delays in deliveries from suppliers. Local report...
2009-04-20 07:00:57
Indians stimulus shipbuilding
Indian owners are supporting demands by domestic shipbuilders to establish a protectionist policy that would see them build their ships at Indian yards. Shashank Kulkarni, secretary-general of the Indian National Shipowners Association (Insa), say...
2009-04-20 06:50:57
Wadan secures 16 ship orders
Ukrainian-based grain trader Nibulon is investing $150m to start building its own fleet. It has ordered 16 river-sea vessels for general and bulk cargoes from Russian-controlled Wadan Yards. The 4,500-dwt units, the first of which will be delivere...
2009-04-20 06:45:27
STX Dalian delivers its first ships
STX Business Group of South Korea said its Chinese shipbuilding complex has successfully delivered its first ships. STX Dalian Shipbuilding Complex on April 17th held a naming ceremony for its first vessels. At the ceremony participated Chinese hi...
2009-04-20 06:12:54
Optical Illusion: Smaller yards’ improved results
Most of the South Korean 26 small and midsize shipbuilders of which credit risks were examined in the first round of restructuring have posted largely increased revenues for 2008 with some achieving revenue of as much as more than KRW 1trn ($750m). ...
2009-04-17 19:00:20
China ready to build aircraft carriers
Canada’s Kanwa Information Center revealed on April 16th that China is ready to construct aircraft carriers at its own facilities. Kanwa has obtained pictures of the inside of a shipyard based in Shanghai and confirmed that the yard is able to ...
2009-04-17 14:38:33
Japanese secure 4 years' workload
Japanese shipyards had a combined backlog for 1,312 export ships of 63,755,289 grt (28,676,084 cgt) as of the end of March 2009, according to statistics compiled by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA). At the peak time as of end-Septembe...
2009-04-17 08:03:27
Japanese shipbuilding permits soar
Japanese shipyards were granted permits for the construction of 110 ships, aggregating 4.59 million grt, in March 2009, according to statistics compiled by the Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism (MLIT). The M...
2009-04-17 07:45:59
Sungdong develops Ring Pre-Erection
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea is developing various new ship construction methods to enhance building efficiency and shorten construction period. The Ring Pre-Erection construction method is one of them which was first ...
2009-04-17 06:22:22
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