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PNSC to buy more ships
Pakistan National Shipping Corp (PNSC) is planning to acquire five more ships this year, according to a reported statement by Pakistan Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri. Mr Ghauri made the statement at a ceremony marking t...
2010-05-04 07:04:05
MES offshore WT approved by DNV
Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) received certification for its floating substructure for offshore wind turbines (WT) from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) on April 21st, for the first time in Japanese shipbuilding industry. The floating su...
2010-05-04 06:33:06
STX eyes $100bn revenue
Korea's STX Business Group, which celebrated its 9th founding anniversary on May 1st, is establishing new strategies to attain revenue of $100bn by 2020. Its Future Strategy Committee, launched this year, is now coming up with concrete business st...
2010-05-03 06:56:32
Container shipping faces turnaround
Vice President Lu Fenghai of Taiwanese Yang Ming Marine Transportation Corporation said the group had already come to turnaround in the 1st quarter while the freight rate of American and Asian routes would be raised during April and May. Consideri...
2010-05-03 01:20:48
Loksa axes 525 jobs
Estonia's Loksa Shipyard has announced that it would cut 525 jobs since the shipbuilder lacks orders and is shutting down the enterprise. The layoff action began in February to end in April. Only two board members will keep their jobs unless new o...
2010-04-30 07:33:43
Russia-Ukraine major yards cooperate
Russia’s and Ukraine’s biggest shipbuilders, Severodvinsk-based Sevmash and Nikolayev-based Black Sea Shipbuilding Works, have signed a cooperation agreement, a spokeswoman for the Sevmash plant said. Heads of the two enterprises, Nikolai Kal...
2010-04-30 07:27:54
Spain invests €100m in shipyard
Spain contemplates an investment plan worth 100 million euros for the construction of a Kaliningrad shipyard to build fishing boats, Voice of Russia reports citing Andrei Krainov, the head of RosRybolovstvo. "The Spaniards have a shipbuilding technol...
2010-04-30 07:25:28
Yards agonize over smartphone adoption
Along with Korean conglomerates', including POSCO, distribution of smartphones to their employees, the Korean shipbuilding 'Big Four' including Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) got into discussion with mobile telecommunication companies on introduction...
2010-04-29 16:07:45
Dutch premier at Samsung's yard
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea announced that Jan Peter Balkenende, prime minister of the Netherlands, visited Geoje yard to wish for successful completion of LNG-FPSO project ordered by Royal Dutch Shell and encouraged personnels in charge ...
2010-04-29 12:42:06
Qatari mega repair facility ready
A new repair yard capable of taking the huge Q-flex and Q-max vessels will soon be open for business. Qatar’s huge new shiprepair complex is gearing up to take in its first vessels in the second half of this year. But in the interim, Qatari...
2010-04-29 08:02:42
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