Shipbuilding
Rongsheng wins $484m bulker orders
Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Co, which is aiming to sell shares to the public in 2009, won a $484 million deal to build four ships for Oman Shipping Co, a government official said on Sunday. The vessels would carry export...
2009-06-22 10:57:50
Havila's IRM ship faces delivery delay
Havila Shipping is facing delays to an inspection, repairs and maintenance (IRM) vessel on order at Havyard Leirvik. The NOK 700m ($131.5m) newbuilding was slated for delivery in the summer of 2010 but now looks likely to arrive in the first quart...
2009-06-22 07:21:04
Fredriksen orders dominate at Jinhaiwan
Companies controlled by the powerful shipping tycoon John Fredriksen are uncertain about the impact of major ownership changes at China’s Zhoushan Jinhaiwan shipyard, despite the fact that nearly 60% of the vessels on order at the yard have been co...
2009-06-22 07:09:07
OSK needs state support
United Shipbuilding Corporation (OSK) will not be able to arrange production of large capacity vessels without state investments, Vladimir Aleksandrov, Director General of Admiralty Shipyards (St. Petersburg, part OSK) told journalists. According to ...
2009-06-22 07:04:38
Wadan orderbook at risk due to bankruptcy
Customers of Wadan Yards in Rostock-Warnemünde and Wismar have used the shipyard’s insolvency to cancel containership orders. Wadan Yards filed for bankruptcy on June 5. At the time the company had 12 ships worth €801m in its orderbooks:...
2009-06-22 06:50:24
New orders to be subdued till next year
Korea Shipbuilders’ Association (Koshipa) chairman and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) president Choi Kil-seon (pictured) said in an interview with local media that new ship orders would resume in the second half of next year as global financial mar...
2009-06-19 17:20:27
ABG continues full swing until 2014
India’s ABG Shipyard is not expecting to win any new orders in 2009, but has work up to 2014. "I don't see great momentum in orders for now," chief financial officer Dhananjay Datar told Reuters. "There could be some orders from coast guard, ...
2009-06-19 08:10:44
Sumitomo completes Aveva-designed ship
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co. (SHIME) recently delivered the first ship that was constructed base on the design made using the new design system Aveva Marine which was introduced by the yard in 2007. The announcement was made on ...
2009-06-19 07:57:39
Zhonghai Jiangsu shipbuilding investment 5bn yuan
Zhonghai Jiangsu shipbuilding base has so far invested 5bn yuan ($732m) for the expansion of shipbuilding facilities. This year alone it has injected 1.5bn yuan, completing Dock No. 2 with Dock No.3 preliminary construction finished. Under the ten...
2009-06-19 07:07:41
OPK completes icebreaker "St. Petersburg"
Baltiysky Zavod, a part of United Industrial Corporation (OPK), successfully completed the state sea trials of diesel-electrical icebreaker "St. Petersburg", constructed by request of Russian Maritime Port (Rosmorport). During testing the vessel gave...
2009-06-18 11:08:04
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