Shipbuilding
More orders for offshore
Amid drastically depressed shipping and shipbuilding market, order for commercial ship in the first half of 2012 has plummeted. And total value of offshore related orders, such as drillship, FPSO, etc., has exceeded that of commercial ship for the fi...
2012-07-24 06:13:10
Viking orders more cruiseships
In Response to High Demand, World's Leading River Cruise Line Will Launch Eight Viking Longships Next Year LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2012 - Viking River Cruises announced it has placed an order for two additional Viking Longships in 2013. This brings ...
2012-07-23 07:36:45
Global owners ordered $30bn
Norwegian shipowners are leading the newbuilding market with $6.6bn invested in new vessels during the first six months of this year. That is 29.5% ahead of 2011 on an annualised basis, in sharp contrast to global investment in new tonnage, which ...
2012-07-23 07:16:26
Korean order intakes fall 61%
Amid troubled shipping and shipbuilding market in the world, Korea's medium-to-large shipyards' overall new orders for the first half of 2012 have plummeted by 61%. With delivery having increased by 8%, orderbook at the end of June has decreased b...
2012-07-23 06:50:34
BG's LNG order takes longer
BG Group is carrying out a very long clarification process with three Chinese shipyards - Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC) and Nantong Cosco KHI Engineering Co (Nacks) - before starting its planned two 170,000-cbm ...
2012-07-20 12:44:15
HMD's LPGC option exercised
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has inked additional order for a midsize LPG newbuilding. Switzerland-based Geogas has exercised an option for a 35,000-cbm LPG carrier, set for delivery in January 2014. The owner ordered a single 35,000-cbm vessel at the...
2012-07-20 11:35:05
Jinhai inks 2,000TEU series
UK's Graig group has finally ordered its newly designed fuel-efficient MARLIN 2000 Blue container feeders at China's Jinhai Heavy Industry. The Cardiff-based company has signed up for three of the type, and holds options for a further three vesse...
2012-07-20 07:16:44
Newbuilding in big trouble
Amid global fleet overcapacity and slowing down commercial traffic by European financial crisis, troubled shipbuilding industries have seen new order, in the first six months of 2012, plunge 57.9% to 8.77m cgt, with delivery down 2.8% to 25.39m cgt. ...
2012-07-20 07:00:41
Korea took 38% of all: H1
Korea's shipbuilding and offshore industries have kept holding a lead in the first half of 2012, however, newbuilding orders have plummeted by over a half. According to 'H1 2012 shipbuilding & offshore industry trend' by the Ministry of Knowledge ...
2012-07-20 06:53:15
STX signs Con- Ro-Ro's
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding announced today that it signed a newbuilding contract on July 18th with Ignazio Messina & C. S.p.A. for construction of four 45,000-dwt Container Ro-Ro vessels. The contract value stands at KRW 335bn ($294m), STX reveal...
2012-07-19 10:57:34
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