Shipbuilding
STX Dalian bags 2+2 MR
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding’s Dalian yard has inked an order for up to four medium-range (MR) units from Wilmar International. Sources say the Singaporean owner booked a pair of 52,000-dwt products tankers for delivery in 2015, plus two options....
2012-08-06 07:14:14
Jinhai wins additional ultramax
Jinhai Heavy Industry has recently contracted two optional ultramax bulkers with Laskaridis Shipping. The owner has confirmed that it has extended its series of ultramax bulk carriers on order at the Chinese yard to a potential six vessels. La...
2012-08-06 07:06:52
Hyundai to pen VLGC
Hyundai Heavy Industries is said to have been unofficially nominated by Korean shipping company KSS Line to build one 84,000-cbm very large LPG carrier. According to KSS' regulatory filing on August 1, the contract is scheduled to be completed on ...
2012-08-06 06:56:10
Daesun inks ECO MR quartet
Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering has won an order for four 51,200-dwt ECO MR chemical carriers from a Greek owner in the end of July, 2012. These newbuilding quartet, valued at around $34m apiece, are slated for delivery in the first half of 2014...
2012-08-06 06:50:27
China: H1 New order halved
Chinese shipbuilding industry is facing the worst year ever, with its overall new order for the first half of 2012 having plummeted over half against the same period. According to China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) an...
2012-08-06 06:47:47
STX Dalian wins 207K BC
Polaris Shipping of Korea has ordered a 207,000-dwt Newcastlemax bulker with one more option at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding's Dalian facility in China. Newbuilding prices is said to be near $50m per ship for delivery in September 2014. The vess...
2012-07-27 10:28:25
Sungdong names 1st purse seiner
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has built the first Korean-built cutting-edge tuna purse seiner (fishing vessel). The Korean shipbuilder of middle standing held a naming ceremony for the 1,900-ton purse seiner 'SAJO COLUMBIA' for SAJO G...
2012-07-27 09:38:07
HMD books additional MR
D’Amico International Shipping (DIS)'s operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers is heading back to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for two new 40,000-dwt handysize tankers, valued at $30.65m each. These newbuildings, designed by Hyundai Mipo's fuel-efficien...
2012-07-27 07:28:56
"New order undaunted by lower price"
Lower price would only increase sales and purchase activity in shipping market and newbuilding investment seems to be made mainly by ship capacity, but by the prices. Park Mu-Hyun, an analyst at E*Trade Securities said, "Newbuilding order for boxs...
2012-07-27 07:08:21
July: Newbuilding slightly better
With the summer break starting off in the end of this month, there were a number of final newbuilding contracts seen, as shipbuilders and shipowners finalized negotiation. But overall ordering activity is still stagnant and it will continue to be dur...
2012-07-27 07:03:20
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