Shipbuilding
Namura delivers its first VLCC
Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding has completed its first VLCC, the Atlantic Pioneer, and delivered it to Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) on Oct. 1. With this, Namura realized its long-cherished dream to foray into the VLCC field since it established its Imari...
2009-10-05 07:05:14
Hyundai wins seven in 2009
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, said in an investment report that it has received new orders for a total of seven ships by August this year. Although the South Korean shipbuilder ended orders drought in July, a full re...
2009-10-05 06:34:53
Hyundai Mipo resumes order intake
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard is said to have received an order for the construction of two 1,000-teu containerships from a Greek shipowner, foreign sources report. The price of the newbuildings and delivery dates are not immediately avail...
2009-10-05 06:31:12
Chinese yard Hongguan stops operation
Singapore-based Pacific Carriers Ltd (PCL) is reportedly turning to Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding for newbuildings after a cash-strapped Chinese yard halted the construction of its multipurpose (MPP) vessels. Sources say activities at financially tro...
2009-10-02 12:29:41
Majors not delaying Zim boxships
Well-placed sources say South Korean top shipbuilders have not given Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Zim) the approval to delay boxship deliveries by two to five years, foreign media reports. They say both Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung He...
2009-10-02 12:19:11
Conrad inks ro-pax
US shipbuilder Conrad Industries has won a $13m contract to build a ro-pax ferry for The North Carolina Department of Transportation. The newbuilding contract brings the order backlog at the southern US-based shipbuilding group to about $56.8m. Co...
2009-10-01 07:40:57
Sanoyas develops eco-bulkers
Japan’s Sanoyas Hishino Meisho will develop new types of environment-friendly ships in both the 83,000-dwt and 120,000-dwt categories, according to Takashi Ueda, president, and other officials of the company at the press briefing held in Tokyo on S...
2009-10-01 07:24:18
Fincantieri fails to win option
Italian state-owned shipbuilder Fincantieri, which is already struggling with declining workloads, faces another blow with sources suggesting Oceania will not exercise an option for a third cruiseship, foreign media reports. Two years ago, Oceania...
2009-10-01 07:19:17
Stop new facilities
China’s State Council has called a halt of construction of new shipyards in China over the next three years in order to curb overcapacity in its shipbuilding industry. However, analysts and shipbuilders said that the measure would not immediate...
2009-10-01 07:08:47
Cosco Dalian delivers first newbuilds
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited wishes to announce that its subsidiary COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard has delivered a pair of newbuildings, the first-ever vessels the shipyard has built. They are 57,000-dwt bulk carriers, ...
2009-09-30 12:40:37
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