Shipyards
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Giant strike planned at Korea’s top yards
Workers at eight of South Korea’s largest shipyards will go on strike on July 20 as a protest to the…
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South Korea’s pension service mulls suing DSME over fraud losses
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has said it may file a damages suit against Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…
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Poland targets shipbuilding revival
The Polish government is pushing ahead with a major revamp of its shipbuilding sector. The minister of development Mateusz Morawiecki…
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USCG slammed for dithering over Polar icebreaker
The president of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), Matthew Paxton, gave a strong defence of his industry’s ability to…
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Imabari to build Japan’s first new ship testing tank since the 1970s
Imabari Shipbuilding will build the first new water testing tank in Japan for the past 40 years. Japan’s largest shipbuilder…
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Banks take Triyards as collateral from Ezra
Banks are taking a majority share in Singapore’s offshore fabricator Triyards as collateral. Local offshore firm and controlling shareholder in…
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World’s first ethane ship engine completed
Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding has completed the world’s first ME-GIE ethane-operated two-stroke diesel engine. The engines will be for…
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Former Sainty Marine officials’ shares sold by court
Sainty Marine has announced that a court has enforced the sale of stocks held by former president Wang Junmin, and…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding confirms Lomar Shipping boxship blitz
Chinese shipyard Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has confirmed to Splash that negotiations are underway with London-headquartered Lomar Shipping, who Chinese media reports…
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MSC looking at a new repair yard in Gioia Tauro
The world’s number two container carrier Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will heavily invest in southern Italy in the coming years…
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Malaysian yard on the brink as claims mount up
Malaysian shipyard TH Heavy Engineering (THHE) stands on the brink as it desperately seeks cash to fight off three winding…
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ICS and ECSA reject proposed EU ship recycling licences
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) say ship recycling licences proposed by the…
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Shipbuilding output at least 30% above underlying demand: Stopford
News today that Beijing is looking to slimline its shipbuilding capacity further has been welcomed by one of the world’s…
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DSME accounting fraud: Senior management were paid bonuses totalling $420m
Investigators have revealed senior management paid out massive bonuses to each other during the period of acute accounting fraud from…
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Beijing to tighten shipyard regulation, reduce white list
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a bulletin asking for opinions on proposed new regulations for…
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Keppel secures new marine projects
Keppel Offshore & Marine has announced that its subsidiary yard Keppel Shipyard has secured four contracts worth a total of…
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K Line orders five tanker newbuilds
Japan’s K Line has placed orders with local yards for three VLCCs and two aframax tankers. The company has signed…
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STX yard linked with repair switch
Financially troubled yard STX Offshore & Shipbuilding is being linked to a shock switch to exit ship construction and instead…
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Samsung yard braces for strike
Workers at South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries will go on a partial strike on Thursday afternoon demanding the recently…
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New Delhi to provide local yards with financial assistance
Indian shipyards will be able to access up to $5.9m in state aid to build ships, according to new regulations…
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