Shipbuilding
ESL BC christened at ABG
A bulk carrier, ordered from Indian ABG Shipyard by ESL Shipping, part of Aspo Group, has been named. At the christening ceremonies arranged in India, she was given the name Ms Alppila. The patron of the ship is Mrs. Terttu Tamminen, the spouse o...
2010-09-10 08:51:30
New orders pick up again
Newbuilding contracting activity on dry bulk carriers and tankers is picking up pace recently. According to latest shipbroker reports, as much as 28 new building orders for vessels were made known, just during the past week. Shipbroker Fearnl...
2010-09-10 08:20:50
HMD inks two more 48K BCs
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has secured an option for two more open-hatch bulkers declared by Norway’s Grieg Shipping. The 48,000-dwt ships are set for delivery in 2013 and 2014 and are understood to have the same price tag as the firm...
2010-09-10 08:13:35
Yangzijiang is back in Taiwan
In 2009, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding was the largest Chinese shipbuilder in terms of deliveries. Ren Yuanlin, who used to be a worker ten years ago, has become Chairman of Yangzijiang. Yangzijiang was originally impending between Hong Kong and Taiwan...
2010-09-10 01:06:31
China Strong & Anxious
Chinese shipbuilding industry has achieved amazing accomplishments in the past two years. China will become the world's No.1 shipbuilding country sooner or later. In spite of a severe blow during global financial crisis, China showed strong reboun...
2010-09-10 01:05:51
Fangyuan: Let customers be billionaires
In 2009, the output value of China’s Zhejiang Fangyuan Shipbuilding was increased by 80%. In April of this year, Fangyuan signed a huge order with Indonesian client totaling CNY5.0bn ($739m). It broke the record of single order value in Taizhou dur...
2010-09-10 01:05:10
SHI inks two more suezmaxes
Samsung Heavy Industries has contracted two more suezmax tankers with Greece's Cardiff Marine for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2013. “The yard numbers are 1949 and 1950 and they are scheduled for delivery in October and December 2013,” Ca...
2010-09-09 12:08:29
China inks 45 ships last month
China has won much more new ship orders than South Korea in August, CRS statistics show. South Korean shipbuilders won just 12-ship orders last month as they took long summer vacations and tried to back away from 'low-price' order intakes. Acco...
2010-09-09 09:12:14
Shipbuilding faces 'bittersweet' aspect
The good news is business at yards, in terms of output, is booming but with a ‘bittersweet’ edge. Amid all the gloom shrouding world shipbuilding for the past couple of years there is also reason to celebrate, according to Martin Stopford. ...
2010-09-09 08:36:51
Yangzijiang lists in Taiwan
‘Finance is not our main purpose for TDR in Taiwan. We hope it is an opportunity to tap Taiwan market. It will be an win-win outcome for both Taiwan and Mainland China economy,’ said Ren Yuanlin who is Chairman of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding on Sept...
2010-09-09 01:02:36
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