Shipbuilding
HHI boxship order cut in half
Mystery European shipowner has cancelled four ships of an eight boxship order at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) as the yard accepts the cash-strapped owner's request. The South Korean builder refused, however, to identify the owner behind the cho...
2010-10-04 07:19:04
HHI inks 45 ships worth $3bn
Hyundai Heavy Industries announced that it has secured new ship orders worth $2.983bn during the first eight months of this year, compared to a meager $381m in the same period of last year. The number of new ship orders at the world's largest ship...
2010-10-04 07:09:23
STX delivers 13,000-teu boxship
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding said on Sunday that it has delivered the 13,000-teu ultra-large containership MSC BERYL to Greece's NIKI Shipping late last month. The vessel has secured EEDI certification from Germanischer Lloyd for the first time as ...
2010-10-04 06:59:17
India aims for 5% share worldwide
The Indian shipbuilding industry currently accounts for about 1 per cent of the global shipbuilding market and is targeting a world share of 5 per cent by 2017, the union shipping minister said on Tuesday. Addressing a Ports & Maritime Industry S...
2010-10-01 08:37:31
Vietnam-Czech shipyard deal
Vietnamese and Czech enterprises agreed to co-operate in shipbuilding and ship repair industries as well as technological transfer at a business conference. The agreement is confirmed by a contract signed by PSJ and Nosco Vinalines, a memorandum ...
2010-10-01 08:35:31
NYK orders 175K iron sand carrier
NYK and New Zealand Steel Mining (NZSM), one of the largest mining companies in New Zealand, have agreed to extend their current contract for an additional 15 years for the transport of iron sand from New Zealand to China and Japan. Shipments under ...
2010-10-01 07:52:42
STX Dalian accelerates output
South Korea's STX Business Group's Chinese shipyard STX Dalian Shipbuilding Complex, constructed in Changxing Island, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China two years ago, is now stably building vessels by launching two ships in a row in less than two week...
2010-09-30 12:47:24
Western Marine wins ferry
A Danish ferry company has ordered a new ferry in Bangladesh in a further boost to the country’s fledgling shipbuilding industry. Hundested-Rorvig has ordered the ship at Western Marine Shipyard in Chittagong, with delivery in Denmark due for e...
2010-09-30 08:31:05
Changing face of Australian shipbuilding
“When last presented in Perth in 2003, the AUSMARINE exhibition was dominated by the local shipbuilding industry, particularly builders of fast ferries, fishing and patrol boats,” said organiser Kishore Navani. “There were no foreign domici...
2010-09-30 08:28:17
SHI eyes 16,000-teu boxship order
South Korean major shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries revealed today that it has bagged another 10 8,000-teu containership order from Taiwan's Evergreen, adding to the 10 same type ship orders with the same owner inked in early July this year. S...
2010-09-29 12:09:19
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