Shipbuilding
Major-Minor gap widens
Worldwide newbuilding orders during the first half of this year dropped by 42% from the same period last year. However, new orders for South Korean shipbuilders have skyrocketed in the period, with large shipyards taking over 50% of market share. Tha...
2011-07-28 06:42:28
Onomichi inks 16 bulkers
Japan's Onomichi Dockyard won 16 handysize bulkers in 2010. Group's Saiki Heavy Industries and Onomichi put together, have reached total orderbook of over 50 ships which secure them work till the end of 2014. Onomichi holds 11 50,000 DWT product ...
2011-07-27 11:16:10
Japanese seek non-bulker
Japanese shipyards knuckle down to examining expanding into new product line. Japan has focused on bulker and tanker market, which are now depressed in newbuilding demand. Offshore support vessel, gas carrier, boxship, etc are the main area a...
2011-07-27 10:24:33
China H1 orders fall 9%
Chinese shipbuilders won new ship orders totaling 21.6m dwt in the first half of the year, down 9% on the same period of last year. The China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry said around half of the 1,523 ship-related companies wi...
2011-07-27 08:13:37
Korea follows suit: IMO
South Korean government is to introduce laws enforcing eco-friendly ship construction in the country after International Maritime Organization's recent decision to adopt Energy Efficiency Design Index. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime ...
2011-07-27 07:46:33
Korea eyes ECO-ship boom
South Korea's shipbuilding industry is prospected to make bigger gap from China and Japan with high-value technology for eco-friendly ships. International Maritime Organization has decided to introduce Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) on new ...
2011-07-27 07:30:13
Japan LNG-fueled ship boom
Japan's shipbuilders spur in development of next generation LNG-fueled ships. Main shipyards have already completed conceptual design, covering various vessels, like bulkers, VLCC, RORO ships, LNG carriers, etc. Some say that it would take a wh...
2011-07-26 10:49:58
China Shipbuilding Slows
The China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) reported that industrial index of China's shipbuilding-related companies above certain level has maintained over 20% of growth rate in the first half of 2011, however, increases of p...
2011-07-26 09:33:23
VLOC order restarts
A dramatic fall in newbuilding prices are tempting shipowners and iron ore exporters to order new very large ore carriers over 200,000 dwt. During the past five years VLOC orders surged and the newbuilding tally is more than 150 units. Accordin...
2011-07-26 07:20:36
Samsung adds GasLog LNG carrier
Samsung Heavy Industries has won an order for an LNG carrier from Greece's GasLog for $200m. The 155,000-cbm newbuilding, ordered from the South Korean shipbuilder, will be delivered to GasLog in March 2014, Greek shipbroker Golden Destiny said in...
2011-07-26 07:08:28
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