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Hyundai goes bold with summer vacation
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) which won almost no new orders in shipbuilding and offshore sector this year is sending its employees on a 16-day paid summer holiday. The world's biggest shipbuilder's entire staff totaling 43,000 is going to take v...
2009-07-07 06:56:04
DSIC plans to move yard facilities
According to local sources, China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC) is going to move its office building and all shipyard facilities in stages over the next five years from current shipyard site in Dalian to Changxing Industrial Zon...
2009-07-06 14:51:43
Kawasaki delays Dalian's dock expansion
The partnership between Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and China’s China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco) delayed the second phase of construction at its shipyard in Dalian. Tomokazu Taniguchi, president of Kawasaki Heavy’s shipbuildin...
2009-07-06 08:18:14
Toyohashi changes its name
As from July 1st, Toyohashi Shipbuilding changed its corporate name to Shin Kurushima Toyohashi Shipbuilding. This makes it clear that Toyohashi is a member of the Shin Kurushima Dockyard group. It will now foster a strong sense of unity thro...
2009-07-06 07:18:44
Italian orders two tankers in Vietnam
Italian shipowning group Mediterranea di Navigazione has ordered two 7,000-dwt bitumen carriers at Vinashin's Bach Dang Shipbuilding. Delivery is scheduled from the second half of 2010. The price is yet to be revealed but the current market value ...
2009-07-06 07:03:12
Cosco Dalian completes VLOC conversion
Cosco Dalian Shipyard has finished a VLOC conversion work and delivered the ship to Japan's NYK on July 1st. The shipyard is said to have successfully completed the conversion work in a short period of time. The vessel has a length of 322 meters, ...
2009-07-06 06:30:41
Mystery continues on Polish yards buyer
The mystery surrounding the new owner of Poland’s Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards still goes on. Qatari investment fund Qinvest, named by the Polish government as the buyer, has said it is only acting as an adviser for clients who were acquiring t...
2009-07-03 07:28:59
New owner of Polish yards revealed
The Polish government has finally ended the mystery over the identity of the new owner of the Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards. It has named Qatari fund Qinvest as the buyer of the two plants at auction in May. The fund had previously been mention...
2009-07-02 07:47:41
Golden deal troubled by newbuild delays
Golden Ocean says it could be embroiled in legal disputes now that newbuildings at India’s Pipavav Shipyard have been delayed. The owner seeks to terminate the ships' $360m sale to collapsed Britannia Bulk, but the delay may allow Britannia's ad...
2009-07-02 07:42:31
Rousse Shipyard workers get half salary
The workers of Rousse Shipyard in Bulgaria's Danube city of Ruse have received a 50% of one monthly salary Tuesday. On Monday, the 600 workers declared civil disobedience and started a permanent strike refusing to return to their work spots as the...
2009-07-02 07:18:45
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