Shipbuilding
Japan: Veteran plays new role
In Japan, the shipbuiilding industry is regarded as traditional industry without shining point of investment. Japan is lagging behind China and Korea in terms of orderbook and newbuilding output. Facing severe challenge, Japan switches to low-carb...
2010-09-16 08:39:01
Bangladesh yards get export orders
Bangladeshi shipbuilders, who took part in the world's biggest shipbuilding fair in Germany last week, got export orders worth million dollars as foreign buyers showed keen interest in their oceangoing vessels. Four local shipbuilders-Ananda Shipyard...
2010-09-16 08:28:09
CSSC Chengxi inks 32 ships
China CSSC Holdings Ltd., the nation’s biggest shipyard, may post an 18-fold jump in orders at its Jiangsu province unit this year as rebounding global trade encourages lines to add more vessels. Chengxi Shipyard Co. has won orders for 32 ships thi...
2010-09-16 07:59:37
Chinese deliveries rise 73%
China recorded an increase of 72.7 percent year-on-year in completed shipbuilding volume to 40.37 million deadweight tons (DWTs) in first eight months, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Comp...
2010-09-16 07:29:12
Vinashin subsidiaries stick to parent
Subsidiaries of the troubled Vietnamese state shipbuilder Vinashin on Monday denied local press reports that they were seeking to exit the company. But workers at some subsidiaries said they had suffered layoffs and salary delays because of the c...
2010-09-15 08:32:20
Longxue wins VLCC quartet
China's Nanjing Tanker Corp (NTC) is to confirm two further options on a $200m two-ship VLCC order at CSSC Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding. A source at the Jiangsu-based tanker player says it is holding talks with Guangzhou Longxue for two further...
2010-09-15 08:13:45
SLS faces more cancellations
Saudi Arabia's National Chemical Carriers (NCC) has cancelled orders for more products tankers at South Korea's SLS Shipbuilding. The subsidiary of National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) said delivery delays were behind the cancellation of ...
2010-09-15 07:26:00
Yangzijiang inks handysize pair
Greek bulker owner FreeSeas is planning to ink more after it made its debut splash with new tonnage in China. Nasdaq-quoted FreeSeas revealed on Tuesday that it has penned an order for a pair of 33,600-dwt units at “a first-class Chinese shipya...
2010-09-15 07:16:48
Yangzijiang: No cancellation!
Chinese media entitle three crowns to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. Yangzijiang is the first Chinese private shipyard conversed from national yards, the first Chinese shipyard listed in Singapore and the first Chinese shipyard issuing TDR in Taiwan. F...
2010-09-15 01:06:27
STX contracts 13 ships in a row
South Korean shipbuilder STX Offshore & Shipbuilding announced today that it has recently secured a total of 13-ship orders (including three optional ships) worth around $540m from European shipowners. On September 10th, the shipyard signed a cont...
2010-09-14 12:04:49
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