Shipyards
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Hyundai Merchant Marine ordering 20 mega boxships at three domestic yards
South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is going to order 20 mega containerships at three domestic yards as part of…
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China to revise shipyard white list
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a draft revision of the shipyard white list to seek…
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Ship recycling association urges Beijing to rethink scrap ban
The International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA) has urged Beijing to rethink its decision to ban the import of foreign vessels…
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Seoul creates special industrial crisis response zones to aid ailing shipbuilders
With more than 100,000 Korean shipbuilders out of work in the past two years, and whole towns devastated by the…
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Dship Carriers orders MPP pair at Taizhou Sanfu, eyes further expansion
Thomas Press owned MPP specialist dship Carriers has ordered a pair of F-500 newbuild multipurpose vessels from China’s Shipbuilding. Delivery…
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Bankrupt Zhejiang Yingzhou Shipyard taken over by fishery group
China’s Ping Tai Rong Ocean Fishery Group has acquired the assets of bankrupt Zhoushan Yingzhou Shipyard in a court-led auction…
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Wuhan Newport Changhai orders feeder boxship pair at WUT Guangda
Wuhan Newport Changhai Container Shipping, a regional shipping service provider on the Yangtze River, has awarded a shipbuilding contract to…
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Philadelphia Shipyard to lay off 275 workers because of depleted orderbook
Philadelphia Shipyard on Tuesday announced it plans to lay off 275 workers by July 20. In notifying Pennsylvania’s Department of…
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Yasa Shipping orders tanker quartet at Hyundai Mipo
Turkish shipowner Yasa Holding is said to have placed an order at South Korean yard Hyundai Mipo for the construction…
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China Merchants acquires Hanjin stake in Zhejiang Eastern Shipyard
China Merchants Group has acquired a 34% stake of Zhejiang Eastern Shipyard (ZESCO) in a court-led auction for RMB171m ($26.8m).…
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Nisshin Shipping adds nine ultramax bulkers at Nantong Xiangyu
Japanese owner Nisshin Shipping has placed an order at China’s Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering for the construction of up to…
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Shell awards FPU construction contract to Sembcorp Marine
Shell Offshore has awarded a contract to Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters, a unit of Singapore shipbuilding group Sembcorp Marine,…
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Fincantieri joins the 3D printing rush
Shipbuilders’ flirtation with 3D printing continues to mount. Australian metal additive manufacturing company, Titomic has entered into a MoU with…
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Keppel to build LNG-powered dredger pair for Van Oord
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s Keppel Singmarine has been awarded a contract by Dutch dredging company Van Oord to build two…
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HJH Shipmanagement orders bulker pair at CSSC Chengxi
German owner HJH Shipmanagement has placed an order at China’s CSSC Chengxi Shipyard for the construction of one 40,000 dwt…
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Sinokor orders up to 20 newcastlemax bulkers at Jinhai
South Korean owner Sinokor Merchant Marine has signed shipbuilding contracts with China’s Jinhai Intelligent Manufacturing, formerly Jinhai Heavy Industry, for…
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Borr Drilling takes five more jackups from Keppel
Tor Olav Troim’s Borr Drilling has signed a deal with Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine to acquire five resale jackup…
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Kyklades cancels Sungdong’s last ship orders
Endangered Korean yard Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has lost its last newbuild contracts with Kyklades Maritime of Greece nixing…
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PaxOcean signs up to Newport’s repair offering
Fast developing Newport Shipping has added to its global network of ship repair yards with facilities in Singapore, Indonesia and…
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Increasing demand and rising costs drive newbuilding price hikes
Better earnings will power a recovery in newbuilding activity, while rising yards costs and the ongoing squeeze on capacity are…
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