General
Cancelling costs high
Owners who claim it was easy and free to cancel newbuilding orders are not being entirely upfront, claims shipbroker Alan Marsh, foreign media reports. In reality, owners walking away from orders or looking for delivery delays are coming up agains...
2009-10-28 07:31:27
Just nine bulkers demolished in Sept.
Nine bulkers were demolished worldwide in September, according to figures released by Clarkson PLC. Broken down, the scrapped bulkers comprised four Panamaxes and five Handysizes, with no Capesizes and Handymaxes sent to scrap yards. Bulker d...
2009-10-28 07:16:09
Bulgarian President visits Hyundai
Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov (2nd from left in the above picture) with some 70-strong economic mission visited Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea on October 26th. Hyundai Heavy vice-chairman Min Keh-sik and Hyundai Heavy president C...
2009-10-26 13:51:15
Neorion may buy Hellenic Shipyards
Greece’s Neorion Shipyards said last Friday it could buy rival Hellenic Shipyards. The company, which owns the Elefsis and Syros yards, told the Athens Stock Exchange that it was already in talks to buy the yard from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp. Th...
2009-10-26 07:14:47
STX chairman Kang visits Africa
South Korea’s STX Business Group chairman Kang Duk-su paid a courtesy call on Ghana President John Atta Mills and discussed co-operation plans. STX said Mr Kang has visited Africa, the emerging global new market, to find new business opportuniti...
2009-10-26 06:39:55
KR new head office to open in 2011
Korean Register of Shipping moves its headquarters from Daejeon city to Busan city by the end of 2011. Busan city said on October 21st that KR has completed payment of KRW 14.15bn ($12m) for the use of a lot in Myeong-ji housing complex in Busan. ...
2009-10-21 22:54:08
India yards concentrate on repairs
India’s shipbuilding companies which are in the doldrums now because of the global economic meltdown that has whittled down orders for newbuildings have begun to focus on repairs in a big way. Since newbuilding orders for bigger ships are dryin...
2009-10-21 00:19:06
‘Marine Week 2009’ Open
Asia’s largest marine exhibition ‘Marine Week 2009’ opens at BEXCO in Busan, South Korea on October 21st (today). The biennial international show to be held until October 24th consists of three main exhibitions, namely ‘KORMARINE’, ‘Naval...
2009-10-21 00:09:19
STX authenticated as sustainable company
South Korea’s STX Group said Wednesday that STX Corporation, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding and STX Engine have been selected as authenticated companies at the ‘DJSI Korea (Dow Jones Sustainability Index Korea) Announcement and Best-run Company Auth...
2009-10-20 14:02:45
Unions reject STX France plans
Unions at STX France Cruise’s Saint Nazaire shipyard have rejected a plan destined to limit lay-offs and redundancies at the yard next year, foreign media reports The plan provided, notably, for 326,000 hours of training among the 2,400-strong w...
2009-10-20 07:25:31
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