Shipbuilding
SLS cancels New factory
South Korea’s SLS Shipbuilding recently announced that it has requested for a cancellation of a contract to move onto a 288,224㎡ site for a ship-block factory in Gunjang National Industrial Complex, Gunsan city, North Jeolla province. It had i...
2009-10-28 06:27:40
Hyundai Mipo delivers its first PCTC
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has recently delivered its first pure car/truck carrier (hull no. 8032) to its shipowner. The newbuilding is the first of the four 3,500-unit PCTCs ordered by Vroon at the yard. It has a length of 168 meter...
2009-10-28 06:23:11
Vinashin turns to Vinalines
Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) is depending on orders from state-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) to keep its yards busy past 2010. Vinashin, which operates a network of 20 shipyards across Vietnam, has exper...
2009-10-27 14:23:20
Daewoo inks four 400K VLOCs
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea has received an order for four 400,000-dwt bulk carriers from an Asian shipowner for around $460m. The newbuildings will have a length of 362 meters and a breadth of 65 meters and will be the...
2009-10-27 11:51:20
Hyundai orders down 72%
A run of six months without single fresh newbuilding contract dragged down orders at Hyundai Heavy Industries in the first nine months of 2009. Seoul-listed HHI booked orders worth $7.47bn between January and September, 72% down on a year ago, it ...
2009-10-27 07:27:55
Vinashin saw 15.7% of orders canceled
Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) said 15.7% of its $4.1bn orderbook has been cancelled. Vinashin made inroads into shipbuilding arena in late 2004 and rapidly built up a major orderbook. However, the state-owned shipyard group ...
2009-10-27 07:20:14
India to build two shipyards
The shipping ministry has asked two state-owned shipyards to carry out feasibility studies and help build two new shipyards, one each on the east and west coast, three years after two government ports were told to do the job, and four years after the...
2009-10-27 07:16:06
$1bn Brazil yard plan
Negotiations are under way to build a shipyard at Brazil's Sao Paulo state, the country's port minister said. Pedro Brito, the federal special secretary for ports, said the project will involve some $1bn in investments in a new facility adjacent t...
2009-10-27 07:10:20
Daewoo plans $1.5bn Russian yard
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corp have reportedly agreed to create a joint venture to build a R45bn ($1.55bn) shipyard in Russia’s Far East. United Shipbuilding will have a controlli...
2009-10-27 07:07:40
Chinese face 'W' orders recession
After a short-lived rally in new orders, Chinese shipbuilders are now faced with a severe slump again. According to the statistics released by Clarkson Research Services this month, the country's yards secured new orders of 520,000 dwt in Septembe...
2009-10-27 06:31:44
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