Equipment
Orders for e-engines increase
In marine low-speed main engines, orders for electronically-controlled engines are piling up. Orders for MAN engine had reached 730 units by June 2009, and those for Wartsila engine 700 units by April 2009, with market shares of the two licenses almo...
2009-08-24 07:17:10
Baosteel returns for ore negotiations
China will abandon its disastrous experiment of putting the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) in charge of iron ore price negotiations this year, an Australian newspaper reports. The nation's biggest steelmaker, Baosteel, will be brought back to ...
2009-08-21 07:12:27
58 new ships inked in July
Global newbuilding orderbook fell by 83 ships in July, and by 1,252 ships of 65.8m dwt since the start of this year, to reach 8,948 ships of 529.4m dwt and 168.8m cgt as of early August, down around 12% from the beginning of this year in vessel terms...
2009-08-21 06:17:51
Chongqing Iron & Steel ambitious
The Yangtze river city of Chongqing's burgeoning shipbuilding industry is set to be boosted with Chongqing Iron and Steel's plans to make the largest ship plate plant in China. The company is ramping up production, especially of its 4,100 mm plate...
2009-08-19 15:51:31
Doosan Engine breaks 60m bhp mark
South Korea's Doosan Engine, which specializes in building vessel diesel engines, achieved 60 million bhp in aggregate production on August 19th. This milestone was reached in world record time, just 25 years after completing the first engine in 1984...
2009-08-19 11:10:34
Posco undecided over yard acquisition
South Korea’s steel major Posco said in a regulatory filing on August 18th over the reports that it is promoting the takeover of an iron ore mine, a steel mill and a shipyard in Ukraine: “Although we have signed a letter of intent with Ukrainian ...
2009-08-19 06:35:51
Japan needs more steel plate
According to statistics from the Iron & Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ), the country’s demand for shipbuilding thick steel plates increased by some 30% year-on-year in the second quarter. An industry official said Japan's demand for steel plates...
2009-08-19 06:26:25
Hanjin develops new dust collector
Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction of South Korea has developed a new dust-collecting and ventilating system to be utilized at shipyards where minute dusts are produced in bulk. During ship construction processes, particularly during the works...
2009-08-17 15:50:17
STX Engine installs radar in Dokdo
STX Engine of South Korea has replaced foreign-made marine radar installed in Dokdo by a new home-manufactured one. The Dokdo Guards had operated two foreign-made radars to keep watch on the sea till 2005 when one of them was replaced with STX Eng...
2009-08-17 14:38:33
Yards complain on fast steel price rise
It is reported that shipbuilders in Zhejiang are complaining that the fast price rises make them suffer profit declines weighing on the provincial shipbuilding industry. According to international customs, shipbuilder should bear this cost rise wh...
2009-08-17 07:15:05
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