January 21st, 20200Cheng Wen-Lon, the chairman of Taiwanese flagship shipbuilder CSBC Corporation, has sent an application to controlling shareholder the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to resign from the company. Cheng's resignation follows CSBC posting a net loss of TWD1.78bn ($59m) for the year of 2019, the fourth consecutive year that the shipyard has...
January 20th, 20201Taiwanese dry bulk shipping operator U-Ming Marine Transport has placed an order at Japan's Oshima Shipbuilding for the construction of up to four 100,000 dwt panamax bulk carriers. The contract includes firm order for two vessels and an option for another two vessels. The first two vessels are scheduled for delivery in...
January 20th, 20200Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC has announced the company and its offshore joint venture partner DEME will replenish capital into CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering to support the construction of a heavylift vessel. The joint venture is expected to make an investment of TWD1.05bn ($35m) by April for the vessel, which will be used for offshore...
December 30th, 20190Taiwanese line Evergreen has placed an order at South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) for the construction of four 1,800 teu containerships. The four vessels will be adopt the Con-Green design, developed by HMD, MAN Energy Solutions and DNV GL to meet the IMO EEDI Phase 3 requirments. The total value of the order is KRW110bn...
December 11th, 20190Taiwanese tanker owner Winson Shipping is said to have acquired the 2000-built 47,000 dwt MR2 tanker from Hong Kong's Vision Shipping. According to shipbroking house Intermodal, Winson bought the Onomichi-built vessel for a price of $8m. The latest acquisition follows the company offloading its 1999-built 45,000 dwt tanker Ocean...
November 29th, 20190Italy’s Saipem has been awarded two new contracts in the offshore wind sector worth around €750m ($826m). French company EDF Renewables has awarded Saipem a contract for the construction of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of...
November 25th, 20190Taiwan’s U-Ming Marine has managed to secure a couple of prized berths at Japanese shipyard Oshima Shipbuilding. Clarkson Research Services is reporting U-Ming has contracted for a pair of 100,000 dwt bulk carriers at Oshima. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2022. No price has been identified. Earlier this year, U-Ming...
November 8th, 20190Taiwanese bulker operator Taiwan Navigation has announced newbuilding orders of two bulk carriers at two Japanese yards as it continues to expand its fleet. The company will order a 80,000 dwt bulker and a 60,000 dwt bulker at Namura Shipbuilding and Oshima Shipbuilding respectively. Total value of the contracts is $64.1m. Taiwan...
October 30th, 20190Royal Boskalis Westminster and its Taiwanese partner Hwa Chi Construction have been awarded the foundation scope for the Taiwanese Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm (CFXD OWF) project owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The contract workscope includes the transportation and installation of 62 three-legged jacket...
October 7th, 20190Taiwan’s Franbo Lines has acquired 2008-built Imabari handy size bulker , according to broker reports. Franbo has paid Danish investment group ID Management $7.8m for the vessel, according to Seasure Shipbrokers and Advanced Shipping & Trading, slightly higher than the $7.42m valuation from VesselsValue. The sale will leave...
