Shipbuilding
Kawasaki cuts building capacity
Japan’s Kawasaki Shipbuilding is rejigging its main unit Sakaide Shipyard’s construction system. It is reducing its building capacity by returning to one-dock system from current two-dock one since fall next year. As newbuilding demand shri...
2009-09-25 11:10:49
Russian mulling southern center
Russia’s state-owned shipbuilding group United Shipbuilding Corporation (OSK OJSC) is to set up Southern Center of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair in 2010, OSK Vice-President Sergei Forafonov said at the ‘NEVA 2009’. According to him, the Southern...
2009-09-25 06:55:11
Hyundai opens digital "WiBro"
Hyundai Heavy Industries has established a digital shipyard applying WiBro (Wireless Broadband), a wireless broadband internet technology, to its yard site for the first time on the planet. The world’s largest shipbuilder held an opening ceremon...
2009-09-25 06:15:24
Newbuilding deliveries slow down
New ship deliveries marked the lowest level in August, which is lower than expected at the start of the year. According to industry statistics, bulker deliveries fell 53% month-on-month to 2.06m dwt in August, dampening the upward trend during the...
2009-09-24 13:59:14
Last chance for Polish yards sale
Poland is preparing its crucial last shot at finding a buyer for the Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards. The country’s Agency for Industrial Development will try to encourage almost 200 investors to participate, local media reported. After recent ...
2009-09-24 07:11:44
Russia modernizes shipyards
Russia’s shipyards are embarking on huge investment in new facilities. This is despite concerns that newbuilding costs are higher and production schedules longer at Russian yards compared with Asian and European shipbuilders. Outlining the opportun...
2009-09-24 07:09:18
European out of work in 2011
European shipbuilders will start to run out of work in 2011 if the newbuildng orders drought continues, a top executive at the Community of European Shipyards’ Associations (Cesa) warned Wednesday. Cesa secretary general Dr Reinhard Lüken s...
2009-09-24 07:05:03
Japan yards less affected by slump
With relatively fewer foreign orders than South Korean and Chinese yards, Japanese shipbuilders have been insulated from the worst effects of the downturn in the market. Part of the reason is that Japanese yards are well supported by domestic ship...
2009-09-23 12:24:04
Owners reject EU yards subsidy call
Europe’s shipowners will oppose any subsidy scheme for European Union shipyards. Stimulating demand for newbuildings with taxpayer money “doesn’t solve their problem and would only make our problem worse,” said the European Community Shipo...
2009-09-23 07:20:26
Jumping on green wagon
South Korean shipbuilders are increasingly applying environment-friendly technologies to ship construction as international regulation on marine pollution is tightening up today. STX Offshore & Shipbuilding on September 21st announced that it had ...
2009-09-23 06:41:53
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