Shipbuilding
Rongsheng inks suezmaxes
Frontline has placed two firm orders for 156,000-dwt tankers at Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries in China with deliveries in February and May 2013. The John Fredriksen-controlled tanker company has also secured options for two similar suezmax n...
2010-07-02 06:28:47
Korea exports $6.3bn ships in June
South Korea's ship exports jumped by 43% month-on-month leading the country's overall export increase. According to the 'Trade Trend in the First Half of 2010' which was issued by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy of South Korea on July 1st, the e...
2010-07-02 05:54:29
STX pens Libyan cruiseship
STX Europe made a good start to the second half of the year with a large cruiseship newbuilding contract. STX Europe subsidiary STX France said today that it has inked a contract on July 1st (local time in Korea) with Libya’s state-owned General...
2010-07-01 14:55:17
Sinopacific: Where is $1bn order from?
As is reported earlier, on June 25th Sinopacific gained the largest newbuilding order among Chinese shipbuilders since financial crisis broke out. In coming years, Sinopacific will build 62 offshore ships totaling $1bn for French Bourbon Group, w...
2010-07-01 09:53:58
Ouhua wins kamsarmax pair
Hellenic Carriers has ordered two Kamsarmax bulkers at China’s Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding in a deal worth $68.4m. The Greek shipowner said delivery of the first vessel is set for January 2013 with the second ship due two months later. In a...
2010-07-01 08:27:48
Brazilian virtual yards fight for land
Brazil's orderbook is surging but some of the country's 'virtual' shipyards are still just a dream. Rio de Janeiro-based Transpetro says greenfield facility Promar Ceara, which has already tied-up a tender to build eight ships for Petrobras' shipp...
2010-07-01 08:17:11
New Century secures four VLCCs
On June 28th, China's New Century Shipbuilding signed a contract with Greece's Dynacom Tankers Management to build four 320,000-dwt VLCCs, totaling $380m. The first ship is expected to be delivered in September 2012. These orders seem extremely pr...
2010-06-30 09:51:12
Wuhu inks kamsarmax pair
China's Wuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding has won an order from German open-hatch general cargoship owner FH Bertling to build a pair of 82,000-dwt kamsarmax bulkers for delivery in 2012. An executive at Wuhu Xinlian confirms Bertling’s contract and ad...
2010-06-30 08:22:16
Samsung inks 24 suezmaxes
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has reportedly inked a contract with Greece's N.S. Lemos to build three 158,000-dwt suezmax tankers. As a result, the disclosed amount of new orders for suezmax tankers at Samsung this year has increased to ...
2010-06-30 07:01:27
Korea takes 43.6% of global orders
South Korea has won four ships out of 10-ship orders around the world, taking No. 1 position by new order intakes during January to April period. According to the statistics compiled and announced on June 29th by the Ministry of Strategy and Finan...
2010-06-29 11:56:42
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