Shipbuilding
Caspian Shipyard to enjoy local orders
Azerbajian’s new JV shipyard on the Caspian Sea is to cost at least $450m. Previous estimates for the facility have come in at $386m. Rovnag Abdullayev, head of state oil company Socar, said construction work is scheduled to be complete in the ...
2011-04-06 07:37:32
Daewoo may buy KLC JVs
South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is rumoured to be acquiring 50% shares in DK Maritime and KLDS Maritime from Korea Line Corporation (KLC), which has gone into court receivership. The two companies where Daewoo is in talks to...
2011-04-05 22:09:52
Shanghai: ship exports slow down
Chinese customs has reported the combined ship export value of Shanghai-based shipyards during January and February came to $1.09bn, decreasing by 2.5% compared with the previous year. The total ship exports for a full-month January increased by...
2011-04-05 14:05:39
STX grabs ethylene carriers
Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX O&S) announced yesterday it has won an additional new order from an European shipowner to build three 6,500-cbm ethylene carriers for $93m. STX O&S received a firm order for three carriers and option for a...
2011-04-05 00:24:59
Japan: Export-ship inquiries drop
The combined ship export inquiries of Japan's top six shipbuilders during the February of 2011 came to nine cases, falling in half compared with the previous month. Bulkers were placed in the center of the inquiries, and the recent earthquake did...
2011-04-05 00:22:06
CIC scores two bulkers
China Shipping Industry (CIC) has won two 47,500-dwt bulkers from a compatriot shipowner, Shanghai Youhao. As soon as the shipbuilder inked the contract on the 30th of March, it launched building right from the next day for delivery in February a...
2011-04-05 00:19:33
New orders to fall
The bounceback in newbuilding orders last year has run out of steam, it is claimed. Shipbroker Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) estimates that shipowners are likely to order between 70 million dwt and 90 million dwt of new ships this year. Although th...
2011-04-04 06:50:33
Sungdong scores 3,600TEU duo
Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has reportedly won an order for two 3,600-teu containerships from Germany’s NSC Schiffahrtsgesellschaft. The wide-beam vessels are said to have been fixed to Hamburg Sud for five years at $22,800 per da...
2011-04-04 06:41:20
Imabari wins 61K bulker
Ikaros Shipping of Greece has ordered a panamax bulker at Imabari Shipbuilding of Japan. The bulker owner has contracted a 61,000-dwt vessel at the yard for delivery in the third quarter of 2012. The move represents a firm move into 60,000-dw...
2011-04-04 06:36:37
Daewoo christens first 400K VLOC
Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering held a naming ceremony for the world's first 400,000-dwt VLOC on 30th March. The newbuilding featuring 360 meters long, 65 meters wide and 30.4 meters high is the world largest-scale bulk carrier, ...
2011-04-03 22:15:00
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