Sri Lankan Government seeks investors for new yard [General]
The Sri Lankan government has invited foreign investors to consider investing in a shipyard project to be set up at a new port under construction in Hambantota, on the south of the island. The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) is due to issue a reques...
2009-01-28 07:45:30
Most workers at Gdynia resigned [General]
About 95% of workers at Poland’s Gdynia Shipyard have taken redundancy packages on offer ahead of its sell-off. Polish media reported that 5,000 staff had signed up by the first-phase deadline of Monday, bagging themselves a bigger pay-off than ...
2009-01-28 07:41:55
STX Europe delivers car passenger ferry [Shipbuilding]
Delivered from STX Europe's Helsinki yard to Brittany Ferries on Jan. 26, the Armorique is a new type of car passenger ferry developed by the shipbuilder in close cooperation with the owner. It is designed to be particularly fuel efficient as well as...
2009-01-28 07:31:25
Erie Shipbuilding closes doors [Shipbuilding]
Erie Shipbuilding LLC has closed its doors and laid off its work force, estimated at more than 100 people. On January 21 the company informed the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, from which it leases the yard, that the plant would be clos...
2009-01-28 07:29:31
Erria cancels [Shipbuilding]
Danish owner Erria has cancelled a 6,500-dwt chemical tanker newbuilding at Rushan City Shipbuilding in China. The OMX-listed company said it had reached a deal that would see it incur no loss on the vessel, whose delivery had been delayed from 20...
2009-01-28 07:25:53
Keppel Offshore & Marine braces for tough market [Offshore]
Despite ending 2008 on a strong note with an 18% increase in revenues to $8.5bn Keppel Offshore & Marine has stated that it expects to see fewer rig and shiprepair contracts during the coming months. The subsidiary of the Keppel Group, accounted ...
2009-01-28 07:25:52
Seven set back [Shipbuilding]
Seven more bulker newbuildings on order at Cosco Corp have been delayed by up to 13 months at the owner’s request. Contracts for four supramaxes and a trio of panamaxes being built at two Cosco units have been held up as the fallout from the cra...
2009-01-28 07:24:25
STX Europe's listing abolished [General]
STX Europe announced last week that a local subsidiary of STX Group, which owns 93.8% stock of STX Europe buys the rest of 6.2% stocks according to the Norwegian municipal law. It is reported that the listing of STX Europe is going to be abolished as...
2009-01-28 07:23:18
Bharati Shipyard to build first LNG fuelled vessel in India [Shipbuilding]
Leading offshore and cargo shipbuilding company, Bharati Shipyard is on the verge of creating a record by developing the first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered vessel in the country. "Today, we are in the design stage and will start constructing t...
2009-01-28 07:21:45
Delivery date changes [Shipbuilding]
Due to the worldwide recession, shipowners have been requiring the change of delivery date of ordered vessels, recently, even for those whose delivery dates are due soon. According to an official at a shipyard, the number of shipowners asking f...
2009-01-28 07:19:56
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