Shipbuilding
Yangzijiang also turns shipowner ?
China's Jiangsu New Yangzijiang Shipbuilding may become the latest yard to enter shipowning after agreeing to delay delivery. The Jiangsu-based yard may have to take on a post-panamax bulker due to be handed over at the end of the year after agree...
2009-09-04 17:33:45
40% of boxship orderbook delayed
Two-fifths of the boxship orderbook may have been pushed back as owners and yards compromise on later delivery dates. The latest in a long list of owners negotiating delays is Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL), which has secured delays of u...
2009-09-04 17:15:07
Colombo wins AHTS pair for $61m
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard announced it has signed a contract to build two 130-ton bp anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessels with options for two more. Local media reports the price of the two firm units are around SLR 7bn ($61m). Accor...
2009-09-04 12:28:08
Oceania mulls cruise order at Fincantieri
Fincantieri’s hope of a resumption in cruiseship orders this year will be tested in the coming weeks as Oceania Cruises contemplates whether to order a third cruiseship from the Italian state-owned shipbuilder. Oceania, which ordered two $500m v...
2009-09-04 07:14:18
Maersk in talks to delay deliveries
AP Moller-Maersk’s tanker division is negotiating with shipyards in Asia to delay deliveries or cut prices for the 39 tankers and gas carriers it has on order. Maersk Tankers has confirmed it sought to adjust its contracts with shipyards, as the...
2009-09-04 07:09:54
Ship exports rise 6.7%: Fujian
According to industry statistics, ship exports of China's Fujian province reached $591m in the first six months of the year, up 6.68% from a year ago. Given the situation of production management and orderbook, Fujian's ship exports are expected t...
2009-09-04 06:42:57
Digital Hyundai builds smart ships
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, explained current status of its Shipbuilding-IT incorporation project to the Presidential Council for Future and Vision on September 2nd. The shipbuilder decided to incor...
2009-09-04 06:31:01
Shipbuilding capacity adjustment limited
Chinese and South Korean yards hold the key to the supply of newbuildings worldwide. Voices of concern over the possible capacity oversupply have begun to be heard even in these countries, which continued to build up capacities, but moves toward s...
2009-09-03 07:48:29
Guoyo launches first of Maruti bulkers
China’s Yangzhou Guoyo Shipyard has launched the first of nine 57,000-dwt supramax bulk carriers ordered in a $300m package by Singapore-based Maruti Shipping, part of the Oswal Group Global. Hong Kong-based ship services group Wallem is supervisin...
2009-09-03 07:38:41
Turkish turns operator of cancelled ships
Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine says it is close to trading a pair of cancelled chemical/products tankers on the spot market. It is the latest shipyard to turn operator and is hunting for someone to commercially manage the vessels out of London. Th...
2009-09-03 07:19:07
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