Shipbuilding
Newbuild discounts starts
Shipowners have ordered an estimated $2bn worth of bulk carriers over the last eight weeks, as cash-strapped South Korean and Chinese shipbuilders lower newbuilding prices by 40% to boost cash flow. The ordering resurgence after a protracted, 10-mont...
2009-10-20 07:23:04
Norilsk to order ice-class tanker
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel intends to sign a contract on building of high ice-class oil tanker of 20,000 dwt by the end of this year. Local media reported, citing Nikolai Matyushenko, Deputy Head of production development department of Norilsk Nic...
2009-10-20 07:19:51
Delivery slippage at 29%
Newbuilding deliveries have slipped by 29% from the start of this year, according to Clarkson Research Services head Dr Martin Stopford. He says vessel deliveries in the third quarter of 2009 came in at 8.1m CGT versus the 11.5m CGT expected in th...
2009-10-20 07:16:16
Russia-Korea promotes Roskor Shipyard
South Korea’s Hanaro Shipbuilding is finding collaborative companies to enter Russian shipbuilding market together with. It plans to hold a business presentation in BEXCO on October 21st, the first day of South Korea’s ‘Marine Week 2009’ c...
2009-10-20 06:42:44
Russia shipbuilding to grow 18%
While gloomy prospects for shipbuilding and shipping markets are still dominant among industry players in the wake of the global financial crisis, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (Minpromtorg) forecast the total productio...
2009-10-19 13:26:16
Market price wanted for ordered ships
Shipowner Niko Schues of Reederei Laeisz denies his dispute with Nordic Yards (former Wadan Yards) is an attempt to get out of the bad boxship sector. Schues says he is prepared to take delivery of two 2,800-teu boxships for a "market price", even...
2009-10-19 11:50:36
Jinhai wins 21 newbuilds
China's Jinhai Heavy Industry (former Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard) has received an order for the construction of 21 ships from compatriot Grand China Logistics, local media reported, citing a high-ranking official from the shipbuilder confirming the ...
2009-10-19 11:33:46
Japanese sound out for new orders
About a year after the Japanese newbuilding market ran into a virtual standstill, some Japanese shipbuilders have begun to sound out owners about possible new orders. According to related industry officials, their offers center on bulk carriers, ...
2009-10-19 06:56:09
EU yards on the brink of closure
European shipbuilders say the eco-bonus scheme they are pushing for does not mean a return to the bad old days of subsidies, foreign media reports If the industry is to survive for more than a year, they will have to convince governments and the B...
2009-10-19 06:54:01
Wadan floats 4 dump barges
Four more dump barges built at Nikolaevskii shipyard Wadan Yards Оkean under Nibulon SP LLC (the Ukrain) were floated out on October 16, 2009. The company’s fleet consists of 8 dump barges to the date which gives the company opportunity to tran...
2009-10-19 06:47:59
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