Shipbuilding
CSBC finalizes 10 8,000TEU's
Evergreen Marine has finalised its latest massive newbuilding deal at CSBC in Taiwan. The Taiwanese line said the 10 8,000-teu containerships will cost $1.03bn in total. Delivery is expected to start in the third quarter of 2013 or earlier, C...
2011-05-23 06:45:06
Sinopacific floats 600K VLOC concept
A massive 600,000-dwt very large ore carrier is on the drawing board of a Chinese shipyard but the challenge is to get ports ready to accommodate such a behemoth. Engineers at Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group are studying how the 600K ship could be...
2011-05-20 12:41:06
China-Korea rivalry up
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding may become the first Chinese yard to win an overseas order for 10,000-container vessels as the Asian nation challenges South Korea’s dominance in building more profitable types of ships. The shipbuilder is in discussion...
2011-05-20 07:46:06
Orders edge up in April
Global new ship orders increased a bit last month and the investment in newbuildings also rose by more than 10% month-on-month. According to a monthly report released by Clarksons on May 17, new ship orders stood at 93 ships of 5.4m dwt in April, ...
2011-05-20 07:18:13
Hyundai Samho wins 10 5,600TEU's
Hamburg-based shipowners Peter Doehle and Bernhard Schulte said they have placed an order for ten containerships with Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries. The post-Panamax vessels will have a capacity of 5,600 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). T...
2011-05-20 06:52:15
Rongsheng scores 2+2 Pax.
On 17th May 2011, China's Rongsheng Heavy Industries signed a contract with Golden Union, a Greek shipowner, for 2+2 Panamax bulk carriers, further enhancing the Company's orders on hand. This is the second order placed by Golden Union in 2011, f...
2011-05-20 06:47:00
Bollinger inks tank barge
Bollinger Marine Fabricators, L.L.C., Amelia, La., recently signed a contract with Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., Melville, N.Y., to build a 55,000 bbl OPA 90-compliant tank barge, according to an announcement by Chris Bollinger, Bollinger execut...
2011-05-19 07:50:06
Germanish struggle
Decreased new orders in 2010 has left German shipbuilders fighting for a financial lifeline. Hopes that a move towards building more energy-efficient ships would generate new work for the country’s yards have not been realised. “Several sh...
2011-05-19 06:57:42
Knutsen shuttle orders exaggerated
Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers has cleared up details of its recent newbuilding orders while pouring cold water on claims it has placed a $500m order at Hyundai Heavy Industries. The Trygve Seglem-headed company has admitted to penning a pair of sh...
2011-05-19 06:53:54
Korea-China bisect orders
A total of 93 ordinary commercial ships, namely bulkers, containerships and tankers (including options) were contracted around the world in April. South Korean shipbuilders took 43 ships of them, just ahead of Chinese rivals which won 40-ship orde...
2011-05-18 12:17:44
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