Shipbuilding
Rongsheng, Record Deliveries
China’s largest private shipbuilding company, Rongsheng Heavy Industries, delivered 3.9m dwt of newbuildings last year, a record high, according to the statement of the company. Shipbuilding is the major business and the primary revenue source, ...
2013-04-26 06:43:50
Jiangzhou pens MPP sextet
Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding of China has signed a contract to build six 12,500 dwt multipurpose vessels (MPP) with German shipowner on April 19 in Hamburg. The 12,500 dwt newbuildings have 144.7m in length, 22.8m in breadth with 11.3m in height, ...
2013-04-25 07:21:13
Eco-Ship Ordering Craze
As ‘Eco-Ship’ building has become already a hot issue in global shipping and shipbuilding industries, the trend is prospected to spread to containership sector as well, following after bulker and tanker segments. Analyst Michael Webber at W...
2013-04-25 07:18:44
Imabari release "IS" TRI-STAR
Imabari announced Wednesday that it decided to put its newly developed 33,000M.T. D/W type bulk carrier "IS" TRI-STAR into the handy-size market. "IS" stands for the capital letter of Imabari Shipbuilding. "TRI-STAR" is coined word of "three" whic...
2013-04-25 06:34:13
NB order value down 31%
During the first three months, a total of 286 newbuildings were ordered in global shipbuilding industry, which showed an increase by 20% comparing with the previous quarter (the fourth quarter of 2012), however total amount of orders were estimated t...
2013-04-24 06:52:15
KHI-MES may join forces
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, both denied reports regarding a merger on April 22, however even officials from both companies admit that a merger is one of the options included on companies’ cooperation a...
2013-04-24 06:50:16
LNG-propulsion to spread faster
While shipowners who are willing to order newbuildings are looking for LNG-propelled ones and shipyards are seen to prepare for the expansion of LNG-propulsion ship market, the shipowners and shipyards that firstly dominate the market are prospected ...
2013-04-24 06:49:40
Big3 to exceed target
Shipbuilding industry is suggested that a tendency of no charter in drillship sector seems to be resolved and Korean Big3 domestic builders are likely to exceed the order target of 2013. Analyst Choi Gwang-Sik at LIG Investment and Securities o...
2013-04-23 07:04:13
NB prices to fall further?
Newbuilding prices which seemed to be stabilizing could possibly drop by up to 10% additionally by the end of 2013. According to Danish Ship Finance (DSF), newbuilding prices will likely bottom out at about $1,450 per CGT, which is close to the ...
2013-04-23 06:42:18
Jiangsu Hantong pens 5 BCs
China's Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry signed a newbuilding contract to build a series of up to five 38,800-dwt bulkers with Peter Dohle of Germany on April 19. Sources said the deal is involved with three firm orders with options for additio...
2013-04-23 06:24:18
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