Shipbuilding
BESST project kickstarts
Europe’s leading shipbuilders, coordinated by Fincantieri, started September 1st, 2009 the EU funded research project BESST – “Breakthrough in European Ship and Shipbuilding Technologies”. The contractual Grant Agreement was signed yester...
2010-06-25 08:18:23
21st Century selects new boss
21st Century Shipbuilding located in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, started to move towards the normalization of management by selecting a new president. On June 23rd, 21st Century Shipbuilding announced that it selected Direct...
2010-06-25 07:30:15
Full recovery takes time
The Korean government predicts that it will be hard for shipbuilding industry to experience a fast recovery until the overall supply surplus is settled, even if there are such positive signs as the increasing number of orders for vessels and the incr...
2010-06-25 07:15:25
Chongqing shows steady uptrend
In the past five months this year, Chongqing, which is the largest industrial city in West China, kept two-digital growth in shipbuilding industry. The development of newbuilding output was slightly more than that of new order intakes. The inland shi...
2010-06-25 01:05:01
UIC continues talks to sell yards
Negotiations on the sail of United Industrial Corporation’s shipbuilding assets - Baltiysk Plant and Northern Shipyard - is continuing this week. UIC press office comments on the statement of Igor Ryabov, spokesman for the USC, who said USC woul...
2010-06-24 08:57:58
Indian inks 4 research ships
Dutch seismic giant Fugro has ordered up to four geotechnical research vessels at India’s Tebma Shipyards. The deal comprises two firm orders plus two optional vessels. No financial terms were disclosed. Principal particulars for the DP 2 vesse...
2010-06-24 07:41:35
SHI names 10,000TEU Hanjin Korea
Samsung Heavy Industries held a naming ceremony on June 23rd for the 10,000-teu class Hanjin Korea built for compatriot shipowner Hanjin Shipping. It is the first time for a South Korean shipping company to own a 10,000-teu boxship. The ceremon...
2010-06-23 17:27:17
HHI develops ice-class LNG carrier
Hyundai Heavy Industries is set to develop core technology to build ice-class LNG carriers and LNG-FPSOs. The South Korean shipbuilder recently took leadership in the 'Very Large Ultra Thick Aluminum Plate LNG Tank Manufacturing Technology' R&D pr...
2010-06-23 17:15:43
DSIC: Delivery every nine days
Global shipbuilding industry was hit by severe blow during financial crisis. However, it seems no influence on China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), which keeps two-digital growth in terms of output value and revenue. As is revealed, DSI...
2010-06-23 12:47:16
Bulkers face challenge
During global financial crisis, boxships experienced the toughest time ever among three major ship types, with lots of order cancellations. Korean shipyards suffered so much due large amount of boxships on orderbook. On the other hand, the bulk carri...
2010-06-23 09:45:11
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