Shipbuilding
European yards rely on cruiseships
Cruiseship construction remains the one buoyant sector of Europe’s shipbuilding industry. Latest statistics will be released next week when the European Cruise Council holds its annual conference in Brussels. The organisation will publish it...
2011-06-09 07:06:57
Korea in 'Sole Lead'
South Korean shipbuilders are running far ahead of its Chinese rivals in newbuilding orders since the turn of this year. Sweeping high-value ship orders like drillships, LNG carriers and ultra-large containerships, South Korea topped China in new ...
2011-06-08 07:23:10
Hyundai signs shuttle tanker
Hyundai Heavy Industries has added one more shuttle tanker order recently. Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers has exercised one option for aframax shuttle tanker of the two options it secured last month. The 123,000-dwt vessel will be delivered in th...
2011-06-08 07:07:04
Cosco wins semi-sub barge
Cosco Corporation (Singapore) has clinched an order for a semi-submersible barge worth $25.85m. The company said its Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard in China will build the ship for an unnamed south-east Asian company. The vessel will be 32,000 dwt...
2011-06-08 06:49:30
Samjin scores 4,700TEU's
South Korean shipbuilder Samjin Shipbuilding Industries (SSI, CEO: Young IL Kang), located in Weihai, China, inked a newbuilding contract for two 4,700TEU class Container Carriers on June 3rd, the company revealed today. The shipowner is reported...
2011-06-07 11:48:11
Mitsubishi aims cruiseship order
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced on June 6th a business plan that it will focus more on passengerships and offshore facilities. The Japanese shipbuilder intends to receive more orders for vessels capable of seismic data acquisition for sea bo...
2011-06-07 07:21:59
Fincantieri calls off job-cuts plan
The Italian government has U-turned on plans to cut almost a third of the workforce at state-owned Fincantieri, after sometimes violent mass protests staged by employees at Europe’s leading cruiseship builder in recent weeks. A statement from It...
2011-06-07 05:46:22
Turkish yards seek to survive
Turkey’s shipbuilding sector could start to see bankruptcies as early as the second half of this year. Of the country’s 140 or so shipyards, only about half are still understood to be active. Turkish yards’ ability to compete is being und...
2011-06-07 05:40:21
Hyundai Mipo pens Scorpio PC's
New York-listed shipowner Scorpio Tankers has formally signed a deal for five medium range product tanker newbuildings from a South Korean shipbuilder. The announcement confirms previous reports that Scorpio was to agree a deal with Hyundai Mipo D...
2011-06-07 05:35:02
SHINAsb wins PC orders
SLS Shipbuilding, which announced a new start with new name SHINAsb, won the first new ship order since it applied for debt work-out program in December 2009. The South Korean shipbuilder held a new order signing ceremony on June 1st after its new...
2011-06-06 07:11:59
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