Shipyards
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Keppel Offshore & Marine scores new contracts worth $118m
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine, via subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard and Keppel FELS, have secured integration and upgrading contracts worth a…
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Chinese yards dominate repair industry
As with so many other facets of shipping, China dominates the ship repair industry. Latest data from Clarkson Research show…
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Avenir LNG replaces LNG carrier options at Keppel with new orders at CIMC Sinopacific Offshore
Avenir LNG has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (SOE) for the construction of two…
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MacGregor: Shipping must grow up
Michel van Roozendaal, the president of Finnish ship equipment giant MacGregor, wants shipping to grow up. In a frank interview…
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Japan seeks foreign shipbuilding workers
The Japanese government is looking to recruit over 13,000 shipbuilding overseas workers this year, primarily from China, as part of…
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Chinese repair yard to enter Brazil market
One of China’s best known ship repair yards is to enter the Brazil market. Zhoushan IMC-Yongyue Shipyard and Engineering will…
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DSME CEO appointed chairman of KOSHIPA
Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Association (KOSHIPA) has appointed Lee Sung Geun, CEO of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), as…
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BP awards jackup EPC contract to CIMC Raffles
Energy giant BP has awarded an EPC contract to Chinese offshore yard CIMC Raffles for a jackup accommodation platform. The…
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Keppel to develop autonomous tug
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has embarked on the development of an autonomous tug through its subsidiary Keppel Singmarine. The…
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Angelicoussis adds another LNG carrier at DSME
Greek owner Angelicoussis Shipping Group’s LNG unit Maran Gas Maritime has placed an order for one additional 174,000 cu m…
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Former Vinashin executives charged for corruption
Four former executives of state-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), now Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC), have been charged by Vietnam’s…
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CDB Leasing orders ultramax quartet at New Dayang Shipbuilding
CDB Leasing, the leasing unit of policy bank China Development Bank, has officially signed shipbuilding contracts with New Dayang Shipbuilding…
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SBM Offshore orders up to four FPSO hulls at China Merchants Heavy Industry
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore has signed contracts with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of up to…
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China ditches shipbuilding white list
Beijing has given tacit admission that its era of shipyard restructuring is coming to a close, announcing today the ditching…
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Hudong-Zhonghua chases Qatari custom with record-breaking 270,000 cu m LNG design
A Chinese yard is pressing ahead with what will become the world’s largest LNG carrier, dwarfing even the existing Qatari…
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CSSC initiates restructuring to pave way for CSIC merger
Chinese state-run shipbuilding conglomerate China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)’s listing platform, CSSC Holdings, has announced plans to initiate restructuring for…
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Croatia government refuses to endorse Uljanik restructuring plan
Croatia’s government has refused to endorse the proposed restructuring plan of financially troubled shipbuilding group Uljanik. The country’s prime minister…
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Petrobras files $249m lawsuit against Samsung Heavy over drillship contract
Brazil’s Petrobras has filed a lawsuit against South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries regarding a dispute over a drillship charter…
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Croatian authorities arrest 12 people in Uljanik corruption investigation
Croatian police authorities have arrested 12 people as part of investigations into a corruption scandal of financially troubled shipbuilder Uljanik.…
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Wagenborg in for another EasyMax
Brokers Andreas J Zachariassen are reporting Dutch MPP specialist, Wagenborg, has returned to compatriot yard Niestern Sander to build a…
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