Shipyards
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Cash-strapped Lamprell in takeover talks
Financially troubled Lamprell has seen its shares plummet as it said it was exploring funding options and that it had…
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MOL taps local yards to develop ammonia-powered gas carrier
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding have launched a joint project aimed at developing and…
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Samsung Heavy rakes in orders for 14 LNG carriers worth $3bn
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has landed orders for the construction of 14 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers worth around…
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Kumiai Navigation signs up for LPG-fuelled VLGC at Kawasaki Heavy
Singapore-based Kumiai Navigation has ordered a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fuelled 86,700 cu m very large gas carrier (VLGC) at Japanese…
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Libra Group acquires Jones Act-compliant shipyard
George Logothetis-led Libra Group has, through its subsidiary Americraft Marine, acquired Florida-based St. Johns Ship Building, a shipyard specialised in…
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Germans pioneer new form of green recycling
In Germany, a world-first operation is underway to pioneer a near emissions-free recycling of a vessel.Cuxhaven-headquartered Leviathan is behind the…
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Seatrade inks deal in China for four newbuilds
Seatrade, the Dutch reefer specialist, has gone to China for its latest fleet expansion. Clarkson Research Services reports in its…
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Acta Marine orders pair of methanol powered CSOVs
Dutch offshore vessel owner Acta Marine has placed an order at the Turkish shipyard Tersan for the construction of two…
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Boxship newbuild prices break records
Japanese owners are paying record sums for the latest megamax containerships, further evidence of today’s sky-high charter environment and the…
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Saipem books CIMC jackup for Saudi Aramco contract
Ocean Challenger, the asset management company of CIMC, has recently entered into a charter contract with Italy’s Saipem for the…
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Maran Gas in for more DSME LNG carriers
Maria Angelicoussis-led Maran Gas, a gas shipping unit of Greece’s Angelicoussis Shipping Group, has placed a new order at South…
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Wison and ABB in FLNG tie-up
China’s Wison Offshore & Marine and Swiss technology company ABB have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the…
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Hyundai Glovis to develop world’s largest CO2 carrier
Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries is working with compatriot owner Hyundai Glovis to develop the world’s largest carbon dioxide carrier. Class…
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QatarEnergy advances LNG carrier newbuilding project at South Korean yards
QatarEnergy, the world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier, is pressing ahead with its North Field expansion project with new…
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Tuco Marine teams with Blue World Technologies to develop methanol fuel cell-powered workboats
Danish shipbuilder Tuco Marine and methanol fuel cell maker Blue World Technologies have teamed up to develop methanol fuel cell-powered…
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Saudi Arabian yard teams with Keppel’s rig designer
Saudi Arabian yard International Maritime Industries (IMI) and rig designer Keppel LeTourneau Middle East (KLET), a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore…
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Scrap prices slide
Shipowners have been told to hold off concluding any recycling deals as demo prices collapse in the sub-continent. Steel plate…
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Kuok joins Singapore’s onboard carbon capture push
Singapore’s Kuok Group is participating in a new project to develop shipboard post-combustion carbon capture technologies. PaxOcean, one of Kuok…
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RCL in for another 7,000 teu pair at Shanghai Waigaoqiao
Thailand’s Regional Carrier Lines (RCL) has returned to CSSC-affiliated Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding with a new contract for the construction of…
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Containership orderbook equivalent to the extent fleets of Cosco, Hapag-Lloyd and Evergreen
More statistics relating to today’s record containership orderbook are pouring in. According to Alphaliner, there are now just under 900…
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