Shipbuilding
Orders hit 'Post-Crisis High'
April new orders marked the highest volume in 19 months, showing newbuilding market is markedly picking up. According to Clarkson weekly report and industry sources available on May 13th, a 114-ship orders totalling 2,065,412 CGT were contracted i...
2010-05-14 06:36:02
STX inks 6 BC's in May
Korea's STX Group continues to win new orders in May in commercial ship and offshore supply vessel sectors. STX Offshore & Shipbuilding said it signed a contract in London on May 12th with a European shipping company to build two 83,000-dwt kamsar...
2010-05-13 11:52:11
Longxue books 82K BC
CSSC Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding, an offshoot of state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corp, has inked a contract with Sutong Marine, a subsidiary of Kassian Maritime of Greece, to build a 82,000-dwt bulker carrier. The shipbuilder did not disc...
2010-05-13 07:34:08
Hyundai inks more BCs
Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has continued to accept bulker orders. The latest news show it has received an order from Indian owner Tolani Shipping for two 81,000-dwt kamsarmaxes for 2011 delivery. Earlier this year Lyras Maritime a...
2010-05-13 07:29:27
DSME's New VLCC Hold
Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering developed a new hold structure for very large crude carriers. As for VLCCs, it has been necessary to add Cross Tie (marked in a dotted circle in the pictures above and below) to each hold structure ...
2010-05-13 06:45:00
Waiting for next peak
Jingjiang city, located in Jiangsu Province China, has become China’s largest private shipbuilding base. The statistics shows the output of Jingjiang occupies 36% of Jiangsu and 11.1% of global share last year, with CNY39bn ($5.7bn). Yangzijian...
2010-05-12 09:48:02
Hudong Zhonghua wins 10 pax.
Shanghai’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, an offshoot of state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corp, has won five contracts for 10 panamax bulkers, including deals for its most popular 76,000 dwt ship, in the first five months of this year. Hengh...
2010-05-12 08:16:39
Japanese offer early deliveries
Some Japanese shipbuilders are offering 'shorter-term' deliveries in 2011 and 2012 in a bid to win new orders. They are creating shorter term delivery berths by adjusting existing orderbook because orders for delivery from 2013 onwards are difficu...
2010-05-12 06:51:46
Sungdong names First Crude Tanker
Korea's Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has successfully rolled out its first crude oil tanker. The yard held a naming ceremony earlier today for the Paramount Hanover, an 115,000-dwt Aframax crude oil tanker christened by Mrs. Yang Ber...
2010-05-11 12:17:11
Jiangnan books four pax.
Chinese bulker owner Shanghai Time Shipping Co continues to crank up its fleet with newbuildings. Informed sources say it has recently booked four panamax bulkers at Jiangnan Shipyard for delivery in the second half of 2012. It is unclear how...
2010-05-11 08:15:43
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