Shipyards
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Samsung Heavy gears up for the smart ship era with Inmarsat
Inmarsat has signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), establishing a relationship to leverage the…
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Qingshan Shipyard to quit shipbuilding
Wuhan-based Qingshan Shipyard, an affiliate shipyard of Sinotrans & CSC, is going to quite the shipbuilding business as it looks…
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CNAF Haixin Shipping orders product tanker at Mawei Shipbuilding
CNAF Haixin Shipping, a shipping unit of China National Aviation Fuel Group, has selected Fujin Mawei Shipbuilding through a tender…
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Ceylon Shipping says it was ripped off by China when procuring ultramax pair
An investigation in Sri Lanka has concluded the nation’s state-run shipping line was ripped off by the Chinese in procuring…
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Sembcorp Marine terminates Petroleum Teknologi jackup pair
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has announced that its subsidiary yard PPL Shipyard has terminated contracts with Malaysia’s Perisai Petroleum Teknologi for…
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Worker strike ends at Damen Galati
The worker strike at Damen Galati Shipyard ended yesterday after the yard’s latest offer was accepted by workers. The strike…
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Cosco Shipping orders three pulp carriers at Cosco Dalian Shipyard
Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has approved a plan to order two 62,000 dwt pulp carriers, with an option to construct…
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Strike at Damen Galati shipyard enters its third day
A workers strike at Damen Galati Shipyard in Romania continues today, with hundreds of workers gathering in front of the…
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Hyundai Mipo shutters one of its four drydocks
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has suspended operations at one of its four drydocks through to the end of the year as…
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Nine detained as authorities investigate STX blast
Nine men from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding and its subcontractors were detained by South Korean authorities as part of investigations…
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Swan Energy orders FSRU at Hyundai Heavy Industries
India’s Swan Energy has announced that subsidiary Triumph Offshore has executed a shipbuilding contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for the…
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PetroVietnam ready to liquidate Dung Quat Shipyard
State-run energy firm PetroVietnam is prepared to liquidate a loss-making shipyard it owns. In a report filed to the trade…
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Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding establishes rig JV with Shandong Offshore
CSSC-affiliated Waigaoqiao Shipbuiding is setting up a joint venture with Shandong Offshore to jointly manage three offshore rigs under construction…
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World Marine sells chunk of assets to ST Engineering for $25m
Rig repair, fabrication and services company World Marine of Mississippi (WMM) has sold a number of its assets to Singapore…
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Brazil takes steps against substandard Asian shipbreakers
Brazil’s federal environmental watchdog Ibama is taking measures to ensure the nation’s big exporters do not offload their older ships…
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China’s letter of serious intent
The letter of intent signed between state-backed CSSC and France’s CMA CGM for record-breaking 22,000 teu ships can be seen…
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Foremost Group orders bulker pair at Oshima Shipbuilding
New York-based dry bulk owner Foremost Group has signed shipbuilding contracts with Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding for the construction of two…
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CSBC to enter offshore wind sector
Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corporation has set up an offshore construction and engineering centre in order to meet demand from the…
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Hyundai Heavy asks 5,000 workers to take unpaid leave
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, is seeking to get 30% of its 17,000-strong workforce to agree to…
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Pasha Hawaii confirms boxship pair at Keppel in Texas
Just days after Tote confirmed it was behind an order at Philly Shipyard which will see it enter into the…
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