Equipment
Tsuji transfers marine equipment business
Tsuji Heavy Industries, now under corporate rehabilitation procedures, will transfer its marine equipment business to a company newly established by Oshima Shipbuilding, effective on July 1. As an accepting company, Oshima on April 1 set up a 100%-in...
2009-06-15 14:09:08
World's largest yacht launched
'Eclipse just launched in Hamburg. Last Friday the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg launched the world's largest superyacht Eclipse for Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich. The yacht will be used by Roman and his girlfriend Daria Schukowa...
2009-06-14 17:07:17
Wartsila expands in Mexico
Wärtsilä on June 11th opened its new office and workshop facilities in Mexico, in the city of Veracruz, which is the largest container shipping port in the country and is home to the Mexican Merchant Marine Academy. The new facilities will ...
2009-06-12 07:36:46
Vale slashes iron ore prices by 50%
Brazilian miner Vale has slashed 2009 benchmark iron ore prices by as much as 48.3% for Japanese and South Korean steelmakers. The company said it would cut fine ore prices by 28.2% from 2008 levels, and agreed to reduce pellet prices by 48.3%. Va...
2009-06-12 07:12:17
BHP cuts coal prices for steelmakers
Global mining giant BHP Billiton has agreed to take a 58% price cut for the coal it sells to major steelmakers, in line with market expectations and a sharp downturn in the global steel industry. BHP said on Wednesday that based on settlements so far...
2009-06-12 07:09:00
Koreana to squeeze SBQ plate import prices
Several South Korean large shipbuilding enterprises have required Japan to cut its shipbuilding plate price by USD 150 per tonne to USD 200 per tonne trying to stabilize the offer at the level of USD 500 per tonne since the beginning of this May. ...
2009-06-10 14:52:29
ABG Shipyard orders MacGREGOR bulk cranes
MacGREGOR has received an order worth €25 million for the supply of dry bulk cargo-handling cranes for series of 32,000 dwt to 35,000 dwt bulk carriers on order at ABG Shipyard Ltd in India. Paul Söderstedt, sales manager for MacGREGOR cra...
2009-06-09 17:28:26
China to cut iron ore prices 33%
Steel industry officials in China are said to have agreed internally to accept a 33% iron ore price cut compared with the benchmark last year. London-based Steel Business Briefing (SBB) says that according to unnamed sources the China Iron and Ste...
2009-06-08 13:59:42
Daewoo-IE to develop SPS technologies
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea develops a new ship construction method together with Intelligent Engineering Holdings (IE) of the UK. DSME said Monday (June 8th) that it has signed a contract on June 4th with IE to ...
2009-06-08 13:45:57
Austal unveils next generation trimaran
Austal has unveiled its new 102-meter trimaran vehicle-passenger ferry platform, which is currently under construction at its Western Australian shipyard and available for purchase. The new trimaran is an evolution of Austal's landmark 2005 trim...
2009-06-07 12:00:53
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