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TF to be formed for shipbuilding-IT
Ulsan metropolitan city in the east-southern part of South Korea has decided to form a task force in which relevant academic, industrial and government players collaborate to come up with support policies for the city’s shipbuilding, IT and marine ...
2010-01-25 16:03:47
Greek buys CMA CGM newbuild ?
Greek shipowner George Economou is said to have paid around $45m for the 6,500-teu CMA CGM Kessel (built 2009), which is understood to have been laying around at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction in Korea after its completion last year. It i...
2010-01-25 08:23:00
Hyundai moors CMA CGM newbuilds
A French shipowner CMA CGM is not taking delivery of some of the ships ordered at Hyundai Heavy Industries, which already have been constructed and paid off, due to a downturn of shipping market. For the shipowner having financial problems, six ou...
2010-01-25 07:20:22
4-5 days off for Lunar New Year
Korean major shipbuilding companies will take more days off than official rest days for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. Although legal holidays are Feb. 13th, 14th and 15th, they plan to take four to five days off for one of the largest holid...
2010-01-25 07:12:17
STX Finland Turku workers strike
Workers walked out of STX Europe’s Turku shipyard in Finland on Thursday in protest at job cuts. Union officials said the strike action is planned to last until next Monday. STX said last week it would lay off 370 workers as orderbook dries...
2010-01-22 07:46:57
Safety crackdown at Daewoo
Senior management at leading Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has promised a safety crackdown following a spate of fatalities in the first few weeks of 2010. Within a period of just over 20 days, four workers at DSME died ...
2010-01-22 07:26:00
Korean entering cruiseship arena
News that Korean shipbuilders are entering cruiseship sector for the first time in their shipbuilding history are sounding the alarm to European shipyards that the entire shipbuilding industry, including specialist niche markets, is moving to Asia. ...
2010-01-22 06:32:42
RS keep on cooperation with USC
In order to strengthen the competitive capability of the Russian design organizations and shipyards RS keeps on cooperation with the United Shipbuilding Corporation in 2010 to the benefit of state and other customers. Completion of Russian the f...
2010-01-21 15:48:29
Shipyards, Croatia's biggest EU hurdle
The long-delayed sale of ailing state shipyards has become a key obstacle in Croatia's European Union accession talks, which Zagreb aims to complete this year, EU diplomats said on Tuesday. Brussels wants the former Yugoslav republic to sell the ...
2010-01-21 07:40:54
Daewoo in talks with Louis ?
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., South Korea's third-largest shipyard, is poised to win its first cruise ship order. According to local source, the shipbuilder is "in talks with a Greek firm over the deal, estimated at $600 million." ...
2010-01-20 13:25:10
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