Equipment
Sasebo completes PSPC-Cape
Japan’s Sasebo Heavy Industries delivered the 180,000-dwt capesize Alexandra P that was built at the Sasebo Shipyard. As the first in the series of 180K capesizes to be constructed by Sasebo, the newbuilding was turned over to the contracting shipo...
2009-09-17 07:28:26
Europe equipment makers ask for incentives
Europe’s marine equipment suppliers are seeking new financial incentives for shipowners to retrofit costly environmental improvements to their vessels. “Any support for the yards [in Europe] would mean the equipment makers will get work, so th...
2009-09-16 12:54:03
Doosan develops engine measuring systems
South Korea’s Doosan Engine said Wednesday that it has developed a ship-engine main bearing’s abrasion measurement system and an advanced real-time measurement system of the condition of lubricating oil. Doosan has first developed the measurin...
2009-09-16 12:04:13
Chinese equipment makers face crisis
Chinese marine equipment manufacturers are expected to suffer a severe damage due to the protracted slump in shipping and shipbuilding market. Considering current market situation, it is unavoidable for the equipment makers to face over-capacity p...
2009-09-16 06:58:22
Japan cuts steel prices by 30%
Steel plate price negotiation between Japan’s large shipbuilders and steel majors seems to have been almost finalized with 2009 shipbuilding thick plate prices falling about 30% against 2008. Steel plate price is falling for the first time in se...
2009-09-15 11:52:09
Guangzhou equipment venture launched
China’s CSSC Jiangnan Heavy Industry has teamed up with CSSC Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding and a Shanghai research institute to form a joint venture to make shipboard and offshore equipment in Guangzhou, southern China. The three outfits plan to m...
2009-09-14 07:06:47
Hyundai passes 90m bhp mark
Hyundai Heavy Industries exceeded 90 million bhp in large engine aggregate production for the first time on the planet. This milestone was reached in just 30 years after Hyundai completed its first large ship engine. The production pace of the Sou...
2009-09-10 11:57:16
Mitsubishi adopts new welding
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced on September 8th that it will apply the new welding method called the Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding on a general commercial vessel for the first time in the country. The Nagasaki Shipyard of MHI has re...
2009-09-10 07:56:33
China's ship equipment imports jump
According to industry sources, China's import of ship equipments in the first seven months of the year increased 10.23% from a year earlier to reach $2.59bn. Ship diesel engine imports totaled $1.34bn, up 18.13% year-on-year, occupying 51.53% of t...
2009-09-10 06:59:00
World's largest floating dock completed
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea held a ceremony for the completion of the world’s largest offshore floating dock on September 9th. The floating dock named ‘Royal Dock Ⅳ’ was designed and built by Daewoo and it took ...
2009-09-09 13:30:53
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