Shipbuilding
Builders still face crisis
It seems that small and medium-sized shipbuilders continue to go through crisis while newbuilding market signals gradual recovery. The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) said in a small and medium-sized shipbuilding industry report recen...
2010-04-26 06:35:44
Hyundai Mipo wins 4 bitumen ships
South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard received a $100m order from Vroon of the Netherlands to build four bitumen ships, foreign media reports. The newbuildings are expected to be delivered around February, March, September and November 2011. Mea...
2010-04-23 12:42:45
Chengxi receives eight-bulker orders
China’s Chengxi Shipyard has signed orders for a total of eight 45,000-dwt bulkers from two domestic shipowners, Shanghai Xiang An Shipping and DaTang Shipping, with four ships each. An official at the Jiangsu-based shipyard confirms the newbui...
2010-04-23 12:18:50
Fujian yards keep uptrend in Q1
According to statistics, in the first quarter the gross output value of shipbuilding industry in Fujian, China reached CNY3.65bn ($537m), rising by 15% against last year. In spite of global financial crisis, most local shipbuilders seem to have pr...
2010-04-23 09:57:21
China's anxiety on ship export future
In 2009 China’s ship export volume surged sharply, which valued at $27.09bn and rose by 41.7% against 2008. But the future seems not so optimistic. Shipbuilding industry is characterized with long period and hysteresis to external changes. T...
2010-04-23 09:55:38
Fincantieri signs research ship order
US shipbuilder Marinette Marine has clinched a deal to build a research vessel for the government. The yard, owned by Italy’s Fincantieri, beat Halter Marine to the punch, after the rival yard built the first four ships of the type for the Nati...
2010-04-23 08:40:28
ABG pens four cement carriers
India’s largest private sector shipbuilder ABG Shipyard has won a $114m order to construct four cement carriers for the Singapore-based Associated Bulk Carriers Ltd (ABCL), which is 50% owned by the Bangkok-based dry bulk cargo specialist Precious ...
2010-04-23 08:26:46
Hyundai Mipo inks kamsarmax duo
Plutofylax Shipping Corp of Greece confirms it has signed up for two 82,000-dwt kamsarmax bulkers at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea for delivery in 2012. However, it declines to comment on speculation that the tally could eventually rise to ...
2010-04-23 07:38:10
Samsung inks nine aframaxes
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries said today that it has signed a $500m contract with a Greek shipowner to build nine 115,000-dwt aframax tankers. It is said an option to order three more vessels within a month is attached to the contract. ...
2010-04-22 12:20:40
Kawasaki profit warning
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries braced investors for a full-year loss due to a downturn in the US economy and hefty restructuring costs. The Japanese outfit will sink JPY 10.30bn ($115.86m) into the red for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2010,...
2010-04-22 08:35:28
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