Shipbuilding
SPP inks first 50K PC
Ardmore Shipping has inked its first newbuildings in a deal with a South Korean yard. The Cork-based owner has penned two 50,000-dwt product carriers at SPP Plant & Shipbuilding and has options for two more, brokers claim. Delivery of the two...
2010-09-27 06:38:50
DSME wins 214-class submarine
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a contract to build a 214-class submarine for South Korean Navy. The sixth Korean 214-class submarine of 1,800 tons will be delivered by 2016. The shipbuilder has built the most submarines for Ko...
2010-09-20 15:08:29
Jinhai pens panamax pair
Golden Ocean Group has signed up for two more panamax newbuildings at a Chinese yard as part of a large-scale restructuring of its newbuilding program. The John Fredriksen-controlled company has won a reduced contract price for a capesize order w...
2010-09-20 07:55:44
Cosco Guangdong wins bulkers
Cosco Corp (Singapore) has added two more bulkers to its newbuilding list. The Chinese-owned company said the 57,000-dwt and 35,000-dwt ships will be built at its Cosco (Guangdong) yard for delivery in August 2012 and December 2012. The contr...
2010-09-20 07:42:27
Taizhou: 10% of China’s output
Taizhou, a shipbuilding base in Jiangsu Province China, is experiencing a beautiful conversion. The local shipbuilding is triggering a new round of industrial chain upgrade, including shipbuilding, pharmaceutics, IT and new energy. On September 8t...
2010-09-20 01:05:19
STX six-tanker order linked to UK firm
Little-known UK-based shipping company Marine Cross is reportedly behind the latest order for six LR1 product tankers at Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. Market sources say Marine Cross is owned by Russian shipping players and was set up in e...
2010-09-17 13:57:10
Nigerian LNG spree: 14 Newbuildings
Korean and Japanese shipbuilders have received a tender for up to 14 LNG carrier newbuildings to serve the much-delayed Brass LNG project in Nigeria. Six pre-qualified shipyards, namely Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Ma...
2010-09-17 13:02:20
Sovcomflot eyes VLCC debut in China
Russia's Sovcomflot is planning a VLCC debut. The so-far aframax and suezmax tanker player is now said to be looking to order VLCCs in China for charter out to oil major PetroChina. Sovcomflot president Sergey Frank confirms the company is loo...
2010-09-17 08:29:32
SPP pens product/chemical tankers
SPP Plant & Shipbuilding announced on September 16th that it has inked an order for four 50,000-dwt product/chemical tankers (including two optional units) with a European shipowner early this month. Newbuilding price is about $150m in total and d...
2010-09-17 07:24:20
Jinling: ‘25 ships a year, we are proud!’
Lots of ships come out of China’s CSC Jinling Shipyard every year, exported to Asia, Europe or America. Jinling is a typical large shipyard located in Nanjing China. It is a major state-owned shipbuilder which was founded in 1952. Jinling Shipya...
2010-09-17 01:20:50
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