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Singapore-listed COSCO Corporation says that four shipbuilding contracts signed by its COSCO Shipyard Co. located in Guangdong, China with a so far undisclosed

SHANGHAI (Dow Jones)–China aims to increase annual sales by domestic shipbuilders to CNY1.2 trillion (US$189.7 billion) by 2015 as it works toward its

According to China’s state-owned news company, Xinhua, 4 workers have died following a boiler explosion on board a bulk carrier at the Zijinshan

View Larger Map LONDON (Dow Jones)–Dongfang Shipbuilding Group Company Ltd (DFS.LN), said Monday that the company’s

20,000 metric tons. That’s 98 Statues of Liberty or 10,000 VW Beetles. But when you’re building the world’s largest vessels in the world,

Last month, CNOOC Limited announced a summary of the company’s business strategy and development plan for the year 2012. The total targeted net

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (042660.SE) and China’s Rilin Group will jointly invest in

BEIJING (Dow Jones)–China’s Ministry of Transport Tuesday said that it has tightened control over a new breed of super-sized iron ore freighters

Lacking port entry permits into China, Vale had to come up with other options to unload it’s massive 400,000 ton ore-carrying ships.   Enter

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- A deepwater oil exploration vessel belonging to China Oilfield Services Ltd. (2883.HK) sank Saturday during construction at a dock in

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian iron ore producer Vale SA (VALE) will likely wait until the end of the Lunar New Year to sell a massive cargo of iron ore

UDPATED: January 2012 The data visualization above represents the worlds 10 largest container shipping companies by TEU capacity. WORLD TEU CAPACITY:

SHANGHAI (Dow Jones)–China’s shipbuilding industry faces severe challenges after suffering a sharp decline in new orders in the first 11 months

By Mark Weiss, gCaptain contributor The main concern at Vale S.A., that which has driven its order of dry bulk vessels with a 400,000 ton capacity, the

An Isle Of Mann-registered ship was detained by authorities in Finland last week for smuggling missiles and explosives out of the country. The vessel was

Brazilian mining giant Vale SA cleared a major (and long awaited) hurdle today.  The BERGE EVEREST, one of the VALE’s massive VLOC’s, has finally

BEIJING (Dow Jones)–China has begun operating a homegrown satellite navigation service that is designed to provide an alternative to the U.S. Global

Vale S.A., the second largest mining company in the world, is also owner of the world’s largest sea-going ore carriers called VLOC’s, or Very Large

The tug Yong Gang Tuo 29 has recently been delivered to her new owners, the Ningbo Port Group of China. This is the 7th Robert Allan Ltd. design in

The captain of a Chinese fishing vessel has been arrested for fatally stabbing a South Korean Coast Guard officer who was trying to stop the ship in South