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Koreans set about developing liquefied hydrogen tanks
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the holding company of shipyard giant Hyundai Heavy Industries, has detailed plans to develop…
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Flattening the roller-coaster costs of ship maintenance
Hendrix Yap, head of end user sales at ABB Turbocharging Singapore, on the growing importance of data-based maintenance plans. “Grant…
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Eneos taps Kawasaki Heavy for LPG/ammonia carrier newbuild
Hot on the heels of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha’s (K Line) landmark order, Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has secured…
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Samsung Heavy’s autonomous journey takes another step forward
Samsung Heavy Industries revealed today a successful first demonstration of its new ship collision avoidance system. The shipbuilder’s remote autonomous…
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Ship repair cluster to be developed in Russia’s Far East
As shipments grow in volume across the Arctic from Russia to Asia, led by LNG, there’s increased needs for a…
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Kawasaki Heavy to build LPG/ammonia carrier for K Line
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has been awarded a contract by fellow shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)…
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CSBC eyes boxship leasing entry
Another Asian shipbuilder is readying to enter the leasing business. Taiwan’s CSBC Corp has unveiled a new containership leasing strategy…
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Owners urged to carry out surveys outside of China as tough new quarantine measures come into place
Ship repair and general drydocking operations have become more tricky in China, where authorities are introducing many measures to halt…
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Korean conglomerates join forces to ship CO2
The Koreans are getting in on the CO2 carrier bandwagon. Steelmaking giant Posco has teamed with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and…
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StarOcean Marine takes 2021 order tally to 20
Fujian Southeast have won an order for two 1,140 teu gearless feeder units from StarOcean Marine, due for delivery in…
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Cash-rich owners double containership orderbook in 2021
With freight rates setting new records every week, cash-rich container shipowners have splurged on new tonnage like never before. The…
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Arne Blystad contracts boxship newbuilds in China
Arne Blystad might have sold a box vehicle in June, but he has by no means exited the container sector.…
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China’s merged state shipbuilding giant moves HQ to Shanghai
The merger of China’s two largest state-owned shipbuilding conglomerates is finally complete and the giant yard conglomerate is moving its…
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Maersk orders up to twelve methanol-fuelled 16,000 teu ships at Hyundai Heavy
Maersk is taking the next step on its methanol journey, revealing today it has signed with Hyundai Heavy Industries for…
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Beihai bags two more newcastlemax orders
Chinese shipbuilder Qingdao Beihai Shipyard has won a contract for a pair of 210,000 dwt newcastlemaxes from domestic owner Zheijiang…
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Samsung Heavy’s ammonia developments advance
Class society DNV has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for a fuel ready concept…
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Fredriksen terminates drillship contract with DSME
John Fredriksen’s Northern Drilling has cancelled a resale contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the ultra deepwater…
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WEM Marine doubles up on crew transfer vessels at Strategic Marine
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has secured contracts to build an additional pair of crew transfer vessels for UK-based offshore support…
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CK Hutchison buys out Swire Pacific to take full control of Hongkong United Dockyards
CK Hutchison has reached an agreement with Swire Pacific to acquire 50% of its interest in Hongkong United Dockyards (HUD).…
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Panama awards Balboa shipyard 20-year concession to Astilleros Canarios
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has entered into a 20-year agreement with Spanish company Astilleros Canarios (Astican) to operate the…
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