Shipbuilding
Japan yards still receiving new orders
Japan’s shipyards continue to secure newbuilding orders but at levels that are significantly down from a year earlier. A total of eight ships of 141,880 gt were ordered in May, according to statistics from the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association...
2009-07-07 17:18:57
Damen wins two tanker orders
Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands has won a bid to build two newbuildings for Vietnam's first oil refinery. Local reports said the $16m contract will see the ships delivered by December 2010 to carry crude to the facility at Dung Quat. It h...
2009-07-07 07:08:24
COSCO Shipyard and CCS tie-up
COSCO Shipyard Group has announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Classification Society (CCS). In a statement to the press, the shipyard said, “Along with the business expansion, COSCO Shipyard will continue t...
2009-07-07 07:00:42
MSC to decide on delayed orders
MSC Cruises is to decide whether or not to proceed with its delayed €1bn ($1.4bn) order for two more cruiseships from STX France’s Saint Nazaire shipyard until the end of the year. The company, which announced the order for the two vessels las...
2009-07-07 06:49:47
Samsung develops LNG passenger ship
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has developed an eco-friendly LNG-fueled passenger ship for the first time in the country. Most of existing passenger ships use heavy oil or gasoline as fuel, emitting environmental pollutants such as nitro...
2009-07-07 06:08:15
Bulker orders at Chinese yards jump
Recently, Chinese shipbuilders have won massive newbuilding orders, signing 34 bulk carriers of a combined 5.7m dwt in June alone. Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries has inked four 400K very large ore carriers worth $500m last month, and Zhoushan ...
2009-07-06 14:55:51
STX Europe delivers MSC Splendida
STX Europe on July 4th held a delivering ceremony for the large cruiseship MSC Splendida at its Saint-Nazaire Shipyard in France. The vessel was ordered by MSC Crociere at the end of 2005 and it is a sister ship with MSC Fantasia which was deliver...
2009-07-06 12:15:04
Shipbuilding to see upswing
South Korea's shipbuilding industry is expected to perform well in the second half of this year, while auto, machinery and steel sectors likely to remain sluggish, a report said Sunday. According to the report by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and ...
2009-07-06 08:41:32
Imabari delivered 44 ships in H1
Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding completed a total of 44 newbuildings in the first six months this year. The total is five units less than that in the same period of 2008, but Imabari has its sights set on constructing 100 newbuildings in fiscal 200...
2009-07-06 07:17:08
Newbuilding orders fall 90%
Newbuilding orders plunged by almost 90% in the first six months of 2009. Only 281 vessels were added to the global orderbook during the first half compared with 2,398 ships in the same period a year ago, research from a leading Greek shipbroker r...
2009-07-06 06:55:07
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