Shipbuilding
Chinese backlog slightly up
According to statistics compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, the country's shipbuilders have completed 27.78m dwt of newbuildings in the first nine months of this year, jumping 65% against a year earlier. New o...
2009-10-13 06:41:26
Shin An names 2nd newbuild
South Korea’s newly-established shipbuilder Shin An Heavy Industries held a naming ceremony for its second newbuilding on October 12th. The christening ceremony was attended by 300 guests including the representatives of the shipowner Stellar Sh...
2009-10-13 06:35:19
Bulker delivery rate hits lowest
Shipbuilding market continues to face difficulties as newbuilding deliveries markedly lag behind the original schedule. According to Clarksons' statistics released last Wednesday, newbuilding bulker delivery rate in September stood at just 36%, re...
2009-10-12 13:51:05
Dayang wins 16 handymaxes
According to a number of information from abroad, Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding of China appears to have received its first order for new-type 63,000-dwt Handymax bulkers from French owner Groupe Bourbon S.A. The contract involves 16 units at maximum ...
2009-10-12 07:08:06
Nordic to build canceled boxship
The administrator of the recently sold Wadan Yards (now Nordic Yards) has sharply criticized shipowner F. Laeisz and announced that the yards will continue to build one of the two containerships ordered by Laeisz, foreign media reports. When Wadan...
2009-10-12 07:01:38
Vale eyes local for VLOCs
Vale has launched a tender to potentially build large bulkers in Brazil, a company spokeswoman confirmed Friday. She declined to give any details on the ongoing tender process. The Brazilian miner, which is in the midst of building fleet of owned ...
2009-10-12 06:45:42
Chinese wins 8 MPPs
Dutch shipowner Spliethoff has ordered six multipurpose (MPP)-newbuildings at China’s Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding. The Amsterdam-based owner has an option for two more of the 12,500-dwt vessels. Deliveries are scheduled from late 2010 through 20...
2009-10-09 11:01:33
Jinhaiwan delivers first 176K capesize
Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard, China's largest emerging builder, has delivered the Zosco Jiaxing, the first 176,000-dwt Capesize bulker ever to be completed by the yard, at the end of September. The ship will be owned by Zhejiang COSCO. Zhoushan Jin...
2009-10-09 07:58:43
Boxship delivery delays exceed 100
Changes in the newbuilding contracts for containerships continue to increase. According to computations made by foreign media source, a total of 107 ships have already been subjected to delivery deferment as of early October this year. The number ...
2009-10-09 07:42:44
Vale agrees to order 8 VLOCs from STX
Brazilian iron ore exporter Vale is ready to order another eight very large ore carriers worth around $920m in total. A spokesperson for STX Offshore & Shipbuilding of South Korea confirmed Wednesday that Vale had agreed to order eight, 400,000-dw...
2009-10-08 15:02:25
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