Shipbuilding
STX Dalian wins PC
South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding yard in Dalian, China, has won an order for two 51,000 dwt medium-range product tankers with options for two more from a new Pistiolis family shipping venture Central Shipping that has established itself in M...
2012-02-09 08:11:14
MHI wins new technology Ro-Ro
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced a new system to reduce the risk of ships capsizing and will fit the technology for the first time into a Nippon Shipping ro-ro newbuilding. MHI will build the ro-ro at Shimonoseki Shipyard for delivery...
2012-02-09 07:57:34
Newbuild price keeps dropping
Along with depressed new order placement for commercial ships, January 2012 saw continued decline in newbuilding prices. According to Clarksons, newbuilding price of VLCC decreased to $98m, down by $1m month-on-month, suezmax tanker and aframax bo...
2012-02-09 07:10:02
352 more LNGC needed
An analysis forecasts that 352 additional LNG carriers could be needed if projects get go-ahead. If all proposed liquefied natural gas projects filed at present gain approval demand for LNG carriers could double by 2020, with an additional 352 ves...
2012-02-08 07:44:02
HMD banks on tankers
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is expected to secure orders for tankers in the latter half of the year. Analyst Lee Sang-Hwa from Hyundai Securities said, "Hyundai Mipo's operating profit for the Q4 2011, on K-IFRS consolidated basis, showed very poor perf...
2012-02-08 07:03:49
Drillship "Oversupply Concern"
It is forecast that drillship market would see imbalance of fleet supply and demand after 2013, as there was a massive ordering in 2011 and prospected charter demand for drillship is unclear at the moment. The utilization rate of the 74 drillships...
2012-02-08 06:59:24
Valemax cancellation risk
China’s crackdown on Vale’s VLOCs could result in some of its remaining newbuidings being cancelled, HSBC says. China last week shut its doors to the giant vessels amid safety concerns and pressure from domestic owners excluded from the proje...
2012-02-07 07:57:25
Drillship faces over-supply?
Shipowners who jumped on the drillship ordering bandwagon last year may be left disappointed when their orders are delivered into service in the next couple of years. The utilisation rate of the 74 drillships in service at the end of 2011 was rela...
2012-02-07 07:41:29
China ship exports jump
Even though shipbuilding market was under depression in 2011 by Eurozone financial crisis, etc., China saw its ship export still in increase. According to China Customs' statistical data, China's ship export and import in 2011 increased by 8.38% t...
2012-02-07 06:59:26
Korea tops new order
South Korean shipbuilders top the monthly newbuild contracts in the first month of 2012. However, shipbuilders are facing difficulties with new order plunged on January 2011 and massively dropped global newbuilding placement. According to Clarkso...
2012-02-06 12:47:13
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