Shipbuilding
STX inks 9,000-cbm LPGC
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding signed a contract to build one 9,000-cbm LPG carrier with Geogas on October 8, it announced. The contract values around KRW 30bn ($27m) and an option for one vessel is included. The newbuilding, 120m in length, 19.8m...
2012-10-09 10:55:04
Ukraine supports for shipbuilding
Ukraine is set for official state support for the shipbuilding industry. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law on an economic experiment in state support for the shipbuilding industry passed by the Ukrainian parliament in Septembe...
2012-10-09 07:43:47
Cancellations rise in Japan
Japanese shipbuilding industries seem to see growing number of cancellation and contract reexamination this year. Japanese shipbuilders stood on 28.6m gt of new orders as of the end of August, down by 9.2m gt from the end of 2011, said the Japan S...
2012-10-09 07:13:00
Korean orders shrink
Korean shipbuilders' new order for the first nine months of this year has plummeted by around 60% year-on-year. During the first nine months of 2012, a total of 763 vessels of a combined 14.34m cgt were contracted in the world, down by 48% in term...
2012-10-09 07:06:58
Sungdong scores Purse Seiners
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering signed a contract to build a total of two tuna purse seiners. The Korean shipbuilder contracted with Sajo Industries and Sajo Oyang for each of one vessel. The newbuilding is the same 1,900-ton purse s...
2012-10-08 07:11:49
Majors resume Big orders
Korea's large shipbuilders have been making a foray into newbuilding orders since the third quarter of 2012. H1 saw orders for drillship going a bit slower than last year, however, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering successfully inked five p...
2012-10-08 07:03:23
Samjin wins PCTC ?
Korean-owned China-based Samjin Shipbuilding Industries is reportedly in the process of signing a newbuilding contract with Norway's Siem Car Carriers. The owner is eyeing two plus two optional 6,500CEU PCTCs at a price tag of around $60m apiece. ...
2012-10-08 06:52:33
Chinese vie for LNGCs
BG Group is planning to choose a Chinese shipbuilder for a pair of 170,000-cbm LNG newbuildings before the end of this year. Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC) and Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) are sa...
2012-10-05 10:47:55
Korean ship export plunges
Export from Korea's South Gyeongsang province turns out to have been damaged by stagnant shipbuilding industry. Total amount of export from South Gyeongsang province for July of this year declined by 31.1% year-on-year to $4.3bn, according to a re...
2012-10-05 07:04:23
Daewoo orders "Noticeable"
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has first hit $10bn of new order this year among major shipbuilders in Korea. Analyst Jun Yong-Bum of I'M Investment & Securities said on October 4, "Daewoo has recently awarded an order for four drillships...
2012-10-05 07:01:10
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