Shipyards
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KDB on standby to save Hanjin Heavy
State-run Korea Development Bank is on standby once again to step in and save one of the nation’s shipbuilders. Hanjin…
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HJH CSL jv exercises bulker option at CSSC Chengxi
A joint venture by Canada’s CSL group and German Hartmann family’s HJH Shipmanagement has exercised an option with CSSC Chengxi…
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Japanese head to NACKS for VLCCs
Japanese trading house Mitsui and compatriot shipping line Iino Kaiun Kaisha have managed to negotiate early delivery slots at a…
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HHI takeover of DSME cleared, deal set to be signed next month
The path has now been cleared in South Korea for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to take over local rival Daewoo…
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JES files for judicial management
JES International Holdings, a Singapore-listed defunct Chinese shipbuilder, has announced that an application has been filed in the high court…
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Hyundai Heavy workers voice concern about taking over DSME
The labour union of South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has demanded the company involve the organisation in the…
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Croatia’s top two shipbuilders eye merger
Financially troubled shipbuilder Uljanik from Croatia has selected compatriot shipyard Brodosplit as its strategic partner in a bid to restructure…
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South Africa’s largest drydock overhauled
A new, R98m ($7.2m) floating caisson is to be fabricated for the 74-year-old Sturrock Dry Dock operated by Transnet National…
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Hyundai Heavy latest name to be linked with taking over Hanjin’s Subic Bay yard
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, is the latest big name being linked to taking over the financially…
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Sinokor orders 20 boxships in China
The fleet rejuvenation project at Sinokor proceeds at speed. The South Korean line has ordered 20 feeder boxships, split between…
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Simon Liang-controlled company sues CIMC Enric
China International Marine Containers (CIMC) has announced that subsidiary CIMC Enric is being sued by SOEG Pte, a Singapore Holding…
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Samsung Heavy terminates three Delos VLEC contracts
South Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries has announced the termination of shipbuilding contracts with a North American owner for three…
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DSIC gets class approval for two LNG-powered bulker designs
Classification society ABS has granted approval in principle for two LNG powered designs by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC). The deigns…
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Merger talk heats up between China’s top shipbuilders in wake of Korean yard consolidation
With news from across the Yellow Sea yesterday of the merger of two of the world’s largest shipbuilders, DSME and…
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Has shipping’s Airbus moment finally landed?
Toulouse is my local airport and every time I fly out I get to see a phalanx of shiny new…
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Turkey ratifies HK recycling convention
Turkey has ratified the IMO Hong Kong Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships. The country is…
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Kawasaki Heavy Industry unveils LNG-powered bulker design
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industry has completed the development of a design for a 200,000 dwt bulk carrier powered by…
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Hyundai Heavy given go-ahead to take over DSME
The state-run Korea Development Bank, the largest shareholder of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), has signed a conditional deal…
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Former Sinopacific boss Simon Liang arrested in Myanmar
Simon Liang Xiaolei, former president and CEO of China’s bankrupt Sinopacific Shipbuilding, has been arrested in Yangon airport, Myanmar, accused…
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Hyundai Heavy makes bid for DSME
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has confirmed it has been in discussions to buy a majority stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding &…
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