Shipbuilding
SPP orders reach $1.5bn
South Korea's SPP Shipbuilding and SPP Plant & Shipbuilding announced today that it has inked new orders for 15 ships (including four optional ships) worth about $660m in total early this month. The 15 newbuildings contracted with Korean, Turkish ...
2010-10-11 15:45:14
Orders shoot up 171% by Q3
Global new ship orders placed during the first nine months of this year came in at 23.54m cgt, up 170.7% against the same period of last year, statistics released by South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Korea Shipbuilders' Association ...
2010-10-11 12:59:41
Longxue signs LOI for 206K BCs
Beijing-headquartered Sinotrans Shipping has inked a letter of intent with Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding for a series of 206,000-dwt capesize bulkers for delivery from the end of 2012. Sources say Sinotrans has signed up for three vessels and ha...
2010-10-11 07:16:07
Catic wins first order of 2010
China’s Taizhou Catic Shipbuilding Heavy Industries has bagged an order for two kamsarmax bulkers valued at $68m in total in its first contract this year. Germany’s Rudolf Oetker is being linked to the order by sources, although the Hamburg-b...
2010-10-11 07:13:35
SWS inks 206K BC pair
Classic Maritime of Monaco has been revealed as having ordered a pair of 206,000-dwt bulkers at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) in China. Principally known as an operating company, the deal marks George Economou-backed Classic’s first fo...
2010-10-11 07:08:22
China reserves No. 1: Triple Crown
The three major indicators - order backlogs, new orders and deliveries - for shipbuilding competitiveness suggest that the gap between China and South Korea is getting wider in the course of time this year. According to Clarkson Research Services...
2010-10-08 07:36:27
Shandong: Bothered by $298m shortage
In the first seven months of this year, the order intakes of Shandong Province China reached 1.67m dwt, which is the 10.4 times that against last year. The orderbook achieved 8.80m dwt. In this year, the new orders are expected to hit 4.5m dwt. U...
2010-10-08 01:36:08
Weihai: To rely on Korea
Weihai, located in Shandong Province, is also a shipbuilding base in China. Different from China’s other shipbuilding bases, Weihai really focuses on Korean investments and always enhances open up to Korea. In recent years, local shipbuilding in...
2010-10-08 01:33:57
STX set to win 13,000TEUs
South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is reportedly about to win a milestone order for 10 mega containerships. Local and overseas media reported that Sammy Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime is ordering 10 13,000-teu containerships at the yard. They...
2010-10-07 13:08:35
Mitsubishi pens new slurry ship
NYK has ordered a new specialist bulker at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on the back of a renewed time charter contract. The 175,000-dwt bulker, which is due for delivery in 2012, will replace the 146,859-dwt bulker Taharoa Express (built 1990). NY...
2010-10-07 07:55:50
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