Shipbuilding
HHIC-Phil books 56 ships
Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp.-Philippines (HHIC-Phil) has booked 56 newbuilding projects for its shipyard at Subic’s Redondo Peninsula, putting projected sales for all its vessel orders at $4.9 billion, a return which is more tha...
2010-09-01 08:44:04
New Times wins LR1 tankers
China's New Times Shipbuilding has inked a contract to build a pair of 74,000-dwt long-range 1 (LR1) tankers with Norwegian owner Jo Tankers. The privately-owned chemical tanker owner is scheduled to receive delivery of the duo in early 2013. ...
2010-09-01 07:35:27
Big 4 keep stable backlogs
Global newbuilding orderbook continues to shrink but the 'Big 4' shipbuilders are keeping 28-month to 36-month long order backlogs. Hyundai Heavy Industries official says the world's largest shipbuilder has workload until the end of 2012, and is n...
2010-09-01 07:23:09
Anti-period operation?
As is reported earlier, Taiwanese Evergreen has formally triggered ‘100 boxships’ plan. Even if the plan goes smooth in short time, Evergreen’s fleet may just reach over 180 ships of 880,000TEU. It is still far away from World No.1. In spite...
2010-09-01 01:05:19
Jiangsu: Behind order surging
As the largest Chinese private shipbuilding base, Jiangsu Province took 173 ships in the first half year. The turnaround occurred from June, when large orders came out one by one, such as Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group which signed two Suez...
2010-09-01 01:04:17
Russian shipbuilding starts from scratch
The capacity of civil shipbuilding in Russia should not just be rebuilt but built all over again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told in an interview with local media. Domestic civil shipbuilding was competitive neither during the Soviet nor the p...
2010-08-31 08:40:49
Yangzijiang secures 28 new orders
Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has secured 28 newbuilding contracts in the two months to 30 August. Singapore-listed Yangzijiang says the orders were comprised of eight containerships and 20 bulkers, according to a filing with the S...
2010-08-31 08:29:30
SSI delivers 34K B/C ‘Orient Trader’
South Korean shipbuilder Samjin Shipbuilding Industries located in Weihai, China, delivered one 34,000-dwt bulk carrier to Interorient Navigation on August 30th, which is the third vessel out of twelve series the shipowner ordered to SSI. The ne...
2010-08-31 07:26:57
Hyundai Samho launches 13,100TEU
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has successfully launched the world's largest containership on August 29th. It is 13,100-teu ship (operation speed of 25 knots) with a length of 366 meters, a breadth of 48.2 meters and a depth of 29.85 meters, order...
2010-08-31 07:00:56
GSI adds yard capacity
Larger handysize tanker newbuildings will soon be on the menu at Guangzhou Shipyard International as it clinches a land grab in China. The Hong Kong-listed builder is looking to alleviate a logjam of orders as well as chase higher turnover through ...
2010-08-30 08:19:53
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