Shipbuilding
Samsung inks two more LNG carriers
Golar LNG Energy has continued its recent newbuilding binge with an order for two more LNG vessels at South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries. Golar says it will pay $400m for the two 160,000-cbm units at Samsung, in a deal which comes only a week ...
2011-04-20 16:41:29
Chengxi rolls out 1m dwt
CSSC-affiliated Chengxi Shipyard delivered 1m dwt of newbuildings last year for the first time. The middle standing Chinese shipyard delivered 21 ships last year, rising by 9 ships or 413,400 dwt against a year earlier. The shipyard also focuss...
2011-04-20 07:30:57
Chinese deliver less newbuilds: Q1
China's newbuilding deliveries recorded 14.46m dwt in the first quarter of this year, falling by 0.7% against the same period of last year. According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, new ship orders, however, rose by 32....
2011-04-20 07:24:49
SWS inks VLCC
In the tanker segment, with even the depressed crude market, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has won a rare order for a Very Large Crude Carrier. The Chinese state-owned shipbuilder has inked one VLCC with Greece's Thenamaris, according to Golden...
2011-04-20 07:15:06
SPP wins 1,700TEU's
South Korea's SPP Shipbuilding announced today that it has inked four 1,700-teu containerships with Greece's Eastern Mediterranean Maritime. The newbuildings have a price tag of just above $30m apiece and are due for delivery at the end of 2012 an...
2011-04-19 15:54:32
Shanghai Shipyard inks 4,800TEU's
China's Shanghai Shipyard penned an order for four 4,800-teu containerships with Norwegian shipowner John Fredriksen's Ship Finance International (SFI) on April 8th. The newbuildings cost around $230m in total and are due for delivery in 2013. ...
2011-04-19 07:31:43
SWS inks capes
Dry bulk, tanker and offshore drillship owner DryShips has inked orders for two capesize bulk carriers in China for delivery next year. The George Economou-led company said the project has been awarded to one of the leading state-owned shipyards i...
2011-04-19 06:40:19
STX pens shuttle tankers
South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding announced in a regulatory filing on April 18th that it has clinched a contract with Greek shipowner European Navigation to build two suezmax shuttle tankers for KRW 203.44bn ($186.6m). The contract value e...
2011-04-18 14:58:40
Zhenghe Shipbuilding wins 47.5K BC pair
China's Zhejiang Zhenghe Shipbuilding signed a newbuilding contract on April 15th with Zhoushan Bishenglong to build two 47,500-dwt bulkers. With this contract Zhenghe Shipbuilding will accelerate new ship sales activity in China. Zhenghe Shipb...
2011-04-18 14:28:53
Hyundai inks $9.2bn orders
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries announced today that it has won drillship and containership orders in Europe. The world's largest shipbuilder revealed on April 18th it recently inked KRW 900bn ($825.7m) contracts to build one drillship for ...
2011-04-18 12:04:15
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