Shipbuilding
Chinese vie for Cape order
SwissMarine Services has been reportedly discussing with Chinese state-owned shipyards to order a series of capesize bulker newbuildings. The shipowner is said to have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for four capesizes at Dalian Shipbuilding Indus...
2012-10-12 10:27:52
Hyundai cancels TMT orders
Hyundai Heavy Industries group refused to deliver 12 vessels with a total capacity of around 1.6m dwt to Today Makes Tomorrow (TMT) this year. The Taiwan-based shipowner, struggling with financial difficulties, was unable to make payments and Hyun...
2012-10-12 08:06:34
Greeks control LNGC backlog
Greek shipowners currently control 46% of the world newbuilding lng-carrer order book, with investment totalling $7.4bn in the last two years. According to Clarkson data, eight Greeks have 38 LNGCs under order in Korean yards from a total of 82. ...
2012-10-12 07:54:47
SCI buys HHI-built suezmax
Shipping Corp. of India is to buy a suezmax tanker originally ordered by its Irano-Hind Shipping joint venture. Hyundai Heavy Industries has reportedly refused to deliver the 153,000-dwt tanker to the JV majority shareholder Islamic Republic of Ir...
2012-10-12 07:08:29
STX PC order cancelled
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding made a regulatory filing on October 10 that its newbuilding contract, ordered by compatriot shipowner on June 30 2008, to supply a pair of product carrier has been cancelled. As the Korean shipowner closed down its busi...
2012-10-11 07:55:09
"600-odd yards to disappear"
It has been four years since the shipbuilding orderbook reached its peak at 11,305 vessels in September 2008, the same month that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. According to Clarkson Research, there were 955 active shipyards then...
2012-10-11 06:50:48
Jinling scores BC quintet
CSC jinling Shipyard of China signed a newbuilding contract to build three 39,000-dwt cargo ships and two 82,000-dwt bulkers with German shipowner Oldendorff Carriers on September 30. There newbuilding quintet are scheduled to be delivered from th...
2012-10-11 06:38:09
HMD backlog rebounds
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has scored to make a rebound its backlog during the third quarter of this year. Analyst Choi Kwang-Sik of LIG Investment & Securities said that orders for product carriers, PCTCs, etc., contracted in Q3 pushed Hyundai Mipo's ...
2012-10-10 07:45:53
Sungdong gallops toward orders
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, now in the process of debt restructuring under an agreement with its creditor group, is galloping toward new orders. The Korean shipbuilder signed a contract to build a capesize bulker with compatriot sh...
2012-10-10 07:11:49
Korea-India eye JV yard
Korean and Indian governments are said to push ahead with newbuilding projects with an aim to enhance Indian naval power and shipbuilding business. According to SBS CNBC, head of Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) of Korea and Minis...
2012-10-10 07:10:15
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