Equipment
Korea eyes 20% share in marine leisure
South Korea, the world’s largest shipbuilding nation, has been lagging behind in the marine leisure sector of which market size stood at $47bn as of 2006. Ministry of Knowledge Economy plans to raise South Korea’s market share in the field to ...
2009-06-05 13:59:00
China cut shipbuilding steel output 42%
According to CISA statistics, China shipbuilding steel production fell to 2,809,600 tonnes in Q1 down by 42.4%YoY or 2,070,000 tonnes from last Q1 especially in March the outputs posted at 957,500 tonnes about 746,000 tonnes fewer than last March. CI...
2009-06-05 07:52:39
Cheap iron ore the key to dry bulk boom
The dry bulk boom, particularly for capesize bulk carriers, will continue only if the cost, insurance and freight rate for iron ore from Australia to China remains below $70 per tonne, a leading commodities executive said on Thursday. APAC Resour...
2009-06-05 07:14:02
HHIC-Subic eyes ship equipments
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction will invest up $86m to establish local ship components production at its shipyard in Subic Bay, the Philippines, according to local news reports. Since the opening of HHIC’s Subic Bay fac...
2009-06-04 07:09:09
Drydocks World warns against repairs at newbuild yards
Drydocks World Executive Chairman Geoff Taylor is warning owners to beware of repairing ships at newbuilding yards searching the sector for marginal business. "The two skills are entirely different animals," he says. Owners may be attracted by cheap ...
2009-06-03 09:47:10
Lightweight materials for shipbuilding
Researchers hope that composite materials such as glass fibre and foam can be used in the future to build ships’ superstructures, cargo hatches and cabins. Two European projects are continuing work already begun which has assessed the safety cri...
2009-06-03 07:19:22
EU strengthens type approval system
The European Union (EU) is moving to reinforce its type certification system for marine equipment. In addition to its Marine Equipment Directive (MED, commonly known as the wheel mark) which has been in force since January 1999, it is preparing t...
2009-06-02 06:16:53
MacGREGOR signs RoRo systems supply deal
Cargotec’s business area MacGREGOR has recently won cargo access contracts from French operator Compagnie Meridionale de Navigation and a repeat RoRo equipment order from the French Navy. MacGREGOR is to supply cargo access equipment for a new 2500...
2009-05-29 17:12:42
Quantum inks supply contract with Bollinger
Quantum Marine will partner with Bollinger Shipyards to engineer, design, supply and support the roll stabilization systems for the U.S. Coast Guard's new class of Fast Response Cutters designated as the WPC project. Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. is the ...
2009-05-29 08:06:34
Japanese request more cuts
News that Nippon Steel has negotiated a 33% reduction in its iron ore supplies from Australian miner Rio Tinto has bolstered Japan’s shipyards stance in their fight for greater reductions in steel plate prices. Despite concluding steel plate deals ...
2009-05-29 07:10:05
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