Shipbuilding
China No. 1 by orders
In the first half of the year, China took the No. 1 position by new order volume. According to statistics compiled by the Korea Shipbuilders' Association (KOSHIPA) and Clarkson Research Services (CRS), China inked new ship orders totaling 5.02m cg...
2010-07-09 07:01:14
China listens to midsize shipyards
‘We did provide loan to foreign shipowners but it doesn’t mean Chinese shipbuilders and ship finance institutes are hijacked by them. We just hope Chinese shipbuilding industry will pass tough time in this way,’ said a representative of China A...
2010-07-08 10:10:27
Universal order talks ongoing
Capesize orders could be on the cards at Universal Shipbuilding as it aims to strike newbuilding deals in the next few months. The Japanese yard giant could also be in the running to build large tankers for some existing customers, its chief exec...
2010-07-08 08:27:24
JES inks six more BC's
Jiangsu Eastern Shipyard has bagged six more bulker orders but some of the beneficial owners remain a mystery. China’s Baosteel Group has firmed up optional contracts for a pair of 23,000-dwt units after earlier penning a deal for a trio at the...
2010-07-08 07:21:02
Sino-Korea sweep new orders
According to Clarkson Research Services, global new ship orders reached 12.18m cgt in the first half of 2010, more than tripling 3.77m cgt of new orders signed in the same period of last year. Of them, almost 80% went to Chinese and South Korean s...
2010-07-08 06:46:21
HHI names 10 a week
The world's No. 1 shipbuilding company Hyundai Heavy Industries has christened as many as ten ships last week, the largest number of ships named in a week on record. HHI said Tuesday that including a pure car / truck carrier named on June 28th for...
2010-07-07 12:26:48
Dark Prospects for H2
Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute said on July 4th in a report titled 'Prospects for Major Industries in the Second Half' that shipbuilding industry is expected to continue to experience slump situation as shipowners request delivery delay and o...
2010-07-07 06:45:50
STX wins Evergreen 12
Evergreen Group chairman Chang Yung-fa (pictured) said Monday in an interview with an overseas newspaper that the company is set to order 12 8,000-teu containerships from South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding with a formal signing scheduled in Au...
2010-07-07 06:40:22
Prices for new boxships up
While STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is expected to win large containership series orders following Samsung Heavy Industries' contract award for 10 8,000-teu ships from Taiwan's Evergreen, newbuilding prices are forecast to further increase and new ship...
2010-07-07 06:36:01
STX (Dalian) delivers China’s largest PCTC
STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Engineering, located in Changxing Island Liaoning Province, delivered a 6700-unit PCTC ordered by STX Pan Ocean successfully on June 30th 2010. As is introduced, the orderbook of STX (Dalian) has reached 77 ships. It is e...
2010-07-06 09:38:34
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