Shipbuilding
Hyundai Samho wins sextet
Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries publically disclosed yesterday that it is not true that Hyundai has won 10 containerships of 8,800 TEU for around $1bn. "Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, subsidiary of Hyundai, has signed a newbuilding contract to buil...
2011-02-16 09:53:09
Cosco wins "special purpose carriers"
Cosco Corp announced its Chinese unit Cosco Guangdong Shipyard has won an order for up to four special purpose carriers from an unidentified European shipowner. The mystery owner has stumped up the deposits for the “special purpose carriers” m...
2011-02-16 07:12:22
Longxue: New beginning
On February 11th, in China’s Longxue Shipbuilding Base, a 230,000dwt VLOC and a 82,000 bulk carrier came out of docks which was the first time to see two large ships above 80,000dwt launched on the same day, in the history of South China Shipbuildi...
2011-02-15 16:36:57
Zhoushan: To face labor shortage
As larger demands for labor force in West and Central area of China, the situation seemed serious in Chinese coastal areas like Zhoushan especially the period after Chinese Spring Festival. As a result, the shipyards located in Zhoushan tried all mea...
2011-02-15 14:56:23
Shanghai: 1m output time comes
Statistics from China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) showed the shipbuilding output and gross industrial output volume of shipyards in Shanghai broke through 13m dwt and CNY70bn ($10.5bn) respectively, which contributed a lot to CSSC in the pa...
2011-02-15 14:13:07
Indian shipbuilding grows 30% annually
Despite recessionary conditions, traffic handled at major ports in India grew an average of 5.7 percent in the year 2009-10, over the year 2008-09, stated a study by the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank). The study concluded that the shipbu...
2011-02-15 08:05:08
Korea needs big repair yard
Many are paying attention if a large-scale ship repair yard will be established in Busan new port. According to shipbuilding and shipping industry sources, Korea Shipowners' Association (Koshipa) has recently suggested some measurements for the e...
2011-02-15 07:41:48
Yantar upgrade to cost RUB 17bn
Russian government allocated 17bn roubles ($581m) for the project of reconstruction and re-equipment of JSC Baltic Shipyard Yantar in the period of 2011-2018. The funds will be spent in line with the target program 'Development of the military-in...
2011-02-15 07:24:24
Danish wins ferry
Denmark’s Hvide Sande Skibs- & Baadebyggeri has won a new order to build a double-ended ferry. The new DKK 32.9m ($5.96m) ship will be delivered in mid-2012 for the Feggesund service in Limfjord. The capacity is 75 passengers and 15 cars. T...
2011-02-14 07:13:26
Meyer Werft inks cruiseships
Germany's Meyer Werft has signed a letter of intent with Royal Caribbean Cruises to build up to two new generation cruiseships. New York-listed RCCL says the order calls for the first 158,000-dwt vessel to be delivered in the fall of 2014 with an...
2011-02-14 06:50:27
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