Shipbuilding
Drydocks World gears up for China venture
Drydocks World is confident it will have all the paperwork out the way to get cracking on its China debut by year end. Denis Welch, ceo, Drydocks World, Southeast Asia, said that he was meeting with Chinese officials today to close in on the yard ...
2008-12-02 10:25:14
Enercon blow for Lindenau
A leading German wind-energy outfit has removed its ro-ro hull from insolvent domestic yard Lindenau. Germany's insolvent Lindenau Schiffswerft&Maschinenfabrik has suffered a big setback with wind-turbine producer Enercon towing the hull of a new...
2008-12-02 08:31:00
Poompuhar to tender for supramax bulkers
India's Poompuhar Shipping is making plans to replace its three ageing bulkers with supramax newbuildings. The company, which is owned by the provincial government of Tamil Nadu, is looking to replace the 39,000-dwt Tamil Periyar (built 1986), Ta...
2008-12-02 08:26:35
GTT brings in sloshing safeguards
GTT claims interim construction measures for newbuildings will not delay delivery. Membrane-system designer Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has introduced interim construction measures to counteract sloshing problems on its Mark III design. A GTT ...
2008-12-02 08:20:36
1 mil-dwt dry dock completed
The main construction of 1 million ton building dock at Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding Industry in Hebei province was completed on November 28, 2008. It has a length of 440m, width of 100m, and depth of 12m, its annual shipbuilding capacity amounts to 1.4m...
2008-12-02 07:25:29
Taizhou Zhonghang’s construction work completed on time
November 28, 2008, construction project of Taizhou Zhonghang Shipbuilding was completed on time. CNY 1.8bn was invested in it and it has annual shipbuilding capacity of 1m dwt. 　　 Its large gantry crane has smoothly finished the lifting work, it ...
2008-12-02 07:23:29
Greek owners lead order efforts in 2008
Greek shipowners invested $17.1bn in ship orders during the first 10 months of this year, more than any other nation but sharply down on last year's total. On an annualised basis, the figure is 44% lower than 2007 and reflects a 38% drop for the ...
2008-12-01 14:15:11
No Turkish delight for shipyards
Figures from the Turkish Chamber of Shipping point to a bleak future for recently expanded yards. Turkish shipyards have seen 160 orders either postponed or cancelled in the past 10 months, according to the latest figures from the Turkish Chamber...
2008-12-01 14:07:57
NB orders mark third
This year’s orders for newbuildings approached 90 million GRT worldwide. According to Lloyd's World Shipbuilding Statistics, new orders by September this year totaled 2,678 ships, or 87.39 million GRT (42.54 million CGT). South Korea received or...
2008-12-01 10:46:48
Vessel repair shows sudden increase
It is reported that repair yards are thronged with callers since shipowners want to get their vessels repaired when the vessels are not being used due to the sagging shipping market. According to the overseas report, repair yards at all over the w...
2008-12-01 06:53:34
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