Shipbuilding
Hindustan Shipyard in limbo
Hindustan Shipyard Limited is paying dearly for the delay in its takeover by the Ministry of Defence, reports the Hindu. With speculation over a deliberate attempt to evade clearance from the Union Cabinet and the talk that it has again been refer...
2009-01-14 10:28:11
Pakistan develops shipbuilding industry
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government has adopted a 'vision' for new shipyards and development of shipbuilding industry on a grand scale. He said that the government would move in this direction at a very fast pace, and ad...
2009-01-14 10:25:41
CSSC completed over 8 mil dwt: newbuilding 2008
Shipyards run by China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC) completed newbuildings totaling more than 8 million dwt in 2008, up 22.1% from 6.55 million dwt in 2007, According to local media, Much of the increase came from the start-up of the Shanghai Chan...
2009-01-14 09:53:33
Sovcomflot & Nevsky to build bunker ships
Giant Russian tanker owner Sovcomflot is planning to order a series of bunker vessels at the domestic Nevsky Shipyard. The company and Nevsky parent North-Western Shipping have signed a cooperation agreement which should see an unspecified number ...
2009-01-14 07:32:57
Eidesvik takes delivery of X-bow construction vessel
Norway's Eidesvik Offshore ASA , through its associate Eidesvik OCV KS, on January 13th took delivery of the X-bowed construction vessel M/V Viking Poseidon from Ulstein Verft. Viking Poseidon left Ulsteinvik to be fitted out with a 250-tonne offs...
2009-01-14 07:25:22
Green field shipyards in a fix
Newly-established small- and medium-sized shipbuilders in South Korea are being put into a dilemma. While the evaluation of troubled shipbuilders’ credit risk is under way led by financial industry, s- & m-sized shipbuilders find it difficult to g...
2009-01-14 06:04:25
Hyundai to develop ‘T-shaped dock’
Hyundai Heavy Industries on January 13 announced that it has recently completed a ‘T-shaped dock’ for the first time in the world at its Ulsan headquarters. Dock is a kind of large-scale pool where completed ships can be floated on the sea, wh...
2009-01-13 14:10:57
NACKS delivered China’s largest VLOC
The Heheng, the very first 300,000-ton VLOC (very large ore carrier) in China, built by Nantong COSCO Khi Ship Engineering (NACKS), was delivered to COSCO (H.K.) Shipping. It is reported that this is the first vessel constructed after COSCO Group and...
2009-01-13 13:23:35
Pakistan PM performs launching of STUS
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday performed the launching of the first Small Tanker-cum-Utility Ship (STUS) at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW). In his address on the occasion he termed this as a remarkable...
2009-01-13 07:35:20
Canadians consider shipbuilding as economic stimulus
Canada is considering an economic stimulus through a massive program to build navy supply ships, patrol boats and icebreakers. Unlike the $3.3 billion bailout already in place for Canada’s car builders, the money for shipbuilding would come fro...
2009-01-13 07:27:20
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