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Japan NB sales lowest in 21st century
Japanese shipbuilders are continuously recording poor order intakes as the number of ships newly contracted at them has been in single figure (below 500,000 gt) for the six consecutive months. Except for March, also, each of their monthly order i...
2016-10-21 17:41:13
NB price seems to hit bottom
The number of newbuilds Korean shipbuilders won last September was three only. However, there are some indications of global newbuilding price rocking bottom, giving weak but optimistic outlook on future contracting. For the month of September...
2016-10-07 17:45:27
Global NB orders slump 93%
In the third quarter of 2016, only 86 newbuildings were ordered globally, a 78.9% slump from 409 new vessels signed a year ago.   According to global ship broker Clarksons, global shipbuilding industry experienced a dearth of new contracti...
2016-10-07 17:38:37
Global NB delivery slows after 1H
For the first eight months of 2016, the number of newbuildings delivered by global shipyards is reported to be 1,140 (67.60m dwt, 23.70m cgt), showing a rise of 5% year-on-year in dwt terms. However, Clarkson Research observed that the newbuil...
2016-09-23 17:43:17
Newbuilding price index stops falling
From January to August this year, global newbuilding orders recorded 296 vessels of a combined 22.3m dwt (8m cgt), down by 70% year-on-year in dwt terms.  Till August this year, according to Clarkson Research, global bulker newbuild order...
2016-09-23 17:40:39
Number of active yards has halved
Since 2016, a dearth of new contracting has continued in global shipbuilding industry that the they are desperately seeking new orders for survival. A considerable number of shipyards are facing a challenge that is to continue operating docks.&nb...
2016-09-23 17:38:54
Backlog gap between KOR·JPN narrowed
It emerged that Korean shipbuilders have continuingly seen historical decrease in orderbook and the backlog gap between them and Japanese ones has narrowed. As of the end of August this year, the global orderbook stood at 4,159 ships of 263.6m...
2016-09-23 17:34:49
Japan wins six NBs in August
The number of ships which are newly contracted at Japanese yards has been in single figure for the five consecutive months. In August this year, Japanese shipbuilders’ newbuilding contracts for export still showed a sluggish trend with signi...
2016-09-23 17:33:12
Korea won eight NBs in August
Amid the historic dearth of contracting along with the cold wave of business reshuffle, Korean shipbuilders won eight newbuildings only last month, reaching about 12 year-low in orderbook.  In a single month of August this year, according...
2016-09-09 17:28:34
Europe enjoys benefit from Cruise domination
Even though Korean, Chinese and Japanese shipbuilders have dominated global shipbuilding industry, European shipyards are still monopolizing cruise ship sector. Amid the historically weak contracting environment, European ones have posted a stron...
2016-09-02 17:11:50
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