Shipbuilding
Hyundai Mipo wins order for four bulkers
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has received an order for four 37,000-dwt bulk carriers for delivery in the second half of 2011 from Greece’s Cosmoship Management. Ship prices were not revealed but they seem to be around $40m per vessel. A...
2008-09-30 07:50:36
Rickmers-Linie wants four more
Germany’s Rickmers-Linie, which provides liner services for the transportation of breakbulk, heavylift and project cargoes, has decided to construct four more multipurpose heavylift vessels at a Chinese shipyard. The four 24,000-dwt ships have b...
2008-09-29 12:00:17
Europeans ranked second
European shipbuilders’ sales reached EUR 15.213bn last year. Compared to 2006, this is a 17.3% increase, which is also a highest record in a decade. On September 19, Community of European Shipyards Associations (CESA) certified this through its...
2008-09-26 13:28:26
Worries about bulker oversupply?
As jitters grow in financial market and actual newbuilding output decreases, the projection, that dry bulk market will come to a crisis in 2010 owing to the large number of bulker newbuildings, is running out of steam. It is expected that newbuil...
2008-09-26 11:08:46
STX Group to first receive drillship order
STX Group first received drillship order, the representative high value-added vessel in South Korean shipbuilding industry, making inroads into the offshore market in earnest. STX Heavy Industries said Tuesday that it had received a $1.2bn order f...
2008-09-25 11:42:27
Shin An to hold a launching ceremony for its first ship
Shin An Heavy Industries located in Shin-an county, South Jeolla province, South Korea, successfully launched its first ship, a block carrier, September 18. According to Shin An, construction of the ship was commenced by steel cutting in November ...
2008-09-25 09:32:43
Big 3 to continue prosperity in receiving newbuilding orders
South Korean big 3 shipbuilders, which lead the world shipbuilding industry, are expected to achieve or surpass their target orders this year despite the decreased number of newbuilding orders worldwide and the controversy over newbuilding market slu...
2008-09-24 15:27:53
Germany’s shipbuilding industry to expand steadily
The way German shipbuilding industry should pave through seems to be more developing its unique technologies. On the out side, German shipbuilding industry is on a steady expansion with an increasing number of newbuilding deals and workers. Howev...
2008-09-23 14:24:28
Chinese shipyards are continuing to receive post-panamax bul...
Chinese shipyards are continually receiving orders for post-panamax bulk carriers. Zhejiang Shipbuilding seems to have received an order for four 118,000-dwt bulk carriers, for the first time, from a German shipowner. The delivery is known to be ...
2008-09-22 15:27:20
Newbuilding market will take a steep downturn in the second ...
German and Greek shipowners, two of the biggest customers in world shipbuilding market, have continued to invest in newbuildings but their investment scales are decreasing rapidly owing to the recent financial crisis. As for German owners, the num...
2008-09-21 23:01:17
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