Shipbuilding
GL urges yards to develop greener ships
Weighing into the carbon debate, a leading figure from the classification sector has called on shipyards to emulate the automotive industry and start series production of greener vessels. "The current situation where shipowners defer newbuilding deli...
2009-12-10 12:01:44
India new yard project
Work is likely to start on a new shipyard in India by the middle of 2010. Bengal Shipyard is a joint venture between Bharati Shipyard and Apeejay Surendra Group. It is costing INR 22bn ($471.6m) and land acquisition problems are now being resolve...
2009-12-10 07:48:57
Chinese surpass Korean
China is well positioned to beef up production and overtake South Korea as the world’s largest shipbuilding nation at a time when its closest competitor is struggling to fend off demands for order cancellations. That is the view of Graham Porter, o...
2009-12-10 07:20:25
Warning over Korea yard aid
Moves by the South Korean government to rescue the country’s shipbuilders have not made any concrete progress, says Precious Shipping managing director Khalid Hashim (pictured). “Talk is cheap,” he said. “If any yard need a bailout package it...
2009-12-10 07:14:52
Daewoo to win $1bn-plus orders
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is expected to score a number of more new orders before the end of this year. The South Korean major shipbuilder is said to be in the final stage of negotiation with Angola’s parastatal oil company Sonang...
2009-12-10 06:43:25
New wind-propelled ship
University of Tokyo professor Ohuchi Kazuyuki’s team on December 8th announced the inauguration of 「Wind Challenger Plan」 which is to develop a new concept wind-propelled ship using a new type of large sail in a bid to drastically cut CO2 emiss...
2009-12-10 06:38:13
Daewoo ‘Best Ships’
Nine ships built by South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering are included in the best ships of the year, chosen by leading marine journals, demonstrating the shipbuilder’s superiority. Daewoo said Marine Log and Maritime Reporter...
2009-12-09 11:14:11
Hantong lowers newbuilding price
According to local media reports, privately-owned emerging Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry has altered the contract for three 57,000-dwt Handymax bulkers concluded with Singapore-based Da Sin Shipping, the bulker operating subsid...
2009-12-09 08:02:36
Mipo allows ship type change
A mystery shipowner has upped the contract value of a four-ship order at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of South Korea after replacing two tankers with gas ships. The unidentified European, which had originally signed contracts for a products tanker quart...
2009-12-09 07:33:29
Brazil yards win orders
Maua Shipyard will build three products tankers to be chartered to compatriot Petrobras, an official from the Brazilian state-owned oil company said Tuesday. Petrobras logistics manager Carlos Bellot also confirmed at a press conference that Span...
2009-12-09 07:29:46
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