samsung heavy industries


Monday, August 17, 2015
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Shipping News

Former Petrobras Exec Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Over Samsung Drillship Bribe

  SAO PAULO, August 17 (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge sentenced Nestor Cervero, former international chief of state-run oil firm Petrobras, to just

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 48

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
South Korea’s ‘Big Three’ Shipbuilders Post Record Loss as Offshore Downturn Bites
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South Korea’s ‘Big Three’ Shipbuilders Post Record Loss as Offshore Downturn Bites

  By Rose Kim and Jungah Lee (Bloomberg) — The world’s three biggest shipbuilders posted a combined 4.8 trillion won ($4.1 billion) in operating

July 29, 2015
Total Views: 108

Monday, July 27, 2015
South Korean Shipyards Struggling As Offshore Strategy Fails
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South Korean Shipyards Struggling As Offshore Strategy Fails

  By Rose Kim, Jungah Lee and Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) — The deep-ocean strategy is coming back to bite South Korean shipyards. Hyundai Heavy

July 27, 2015
Total Views: 152

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Prelude FLNG Taking Shape – Bird’s-Eye-View of Largest Floating Structure Ever Built
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Prelude FLNG Taking Shape – Bird’s-Eye-View of Largest Floating Structure Ever Built

Here’s the latest update from Shell on its massive Prelude FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility currently under construction at Samsung Heavy

July 7, 2015
Total Views: 588

Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Samsung Heavy Wins Johan Sverdrup Contracts
Offshore

Samsung Heavy Wins Johan Sverdrup Contracts

  South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has been awarded an NOK 7 billion (US$890 million) contract from Statoil for the construction of the

June 30, 2015
Total Views: 69

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
SPOTD: Samsung Heavy Industries Shuttle Tanker
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SPOTD: Samsung Heavy Industries Shuttle Tanker

Samsung Heavy Industries has announced the signing for a contract for three 155,000 DWT shuttle tankers, further solidifying its spot as the world’s top

June 10, 2015
Total Views: 126

Tuesday, June 2, 2015
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U.S. Alerted In Brazil’s Offshore Bribery Scandal

by Sabrina Valle (Bloomberg) Prosecutors investigating Brazil’s largest corruption scandal say they notified the U.S. Department of Justice of evidence that

June 2, 2015
Total Views: 255

Wednesday, May 20, 2015
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Chevron’s New LNG Vessels Highlighted in Surprisingly Good Corporate Video

Chevron is in the midst of it’s largest-ever shipbuilding and fleet modernization program, encompassing 13 ships total including six LNG carriers to

May 20, 2015
Total Views: 1499

Monday, April 27, 2015
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Samsung Heavy Denies Renewed Merger Talks With Samsung Engineering

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd denied on Tuesday a South Korean media report that it will try again to merge with sister company

April 27, 2015
Total Views: 19

Tuesday, April 21, 2015
VIDEO: FSU Heidrun B Departs Samsung Heavy Industries
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VIDEO: FSU Heidrun B Departs Samsung Heavy Industries

The floating storage unit (FSU) Heidrun B left the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea in March 2015, heading for

April 21, 2015
Total Views: 159

Monday, April 6, 2015
Samsung Heavy: OOCL Mega Ships Will Be a Record-Breaking 21,100 TEU
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Samsung Heavy: OOCL Mega Ships Will Be a Record-Breaking 21,100 TEU

Some new details released by Samsung Heavy Industries about OOCL’s recent order for ultra-large container ships reveals that the mega ships will be a

April 6, 2015
Total Views: 443

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
OOCL Joins 20,000 TEU Club With Six-Ship Order from Samsung
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OOCL Joins 20,000 TEU Club With Six-Ship Order from Samsung

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL) revealed Wednesday that it has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Samsung Heavy

April 1, 2015
Total Views: 95

Thursday, March 5, 2015
World’s Biggest Containership Title Shifts Monthly as Rates Fall
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World’s Biggest Containership Title Shifts Monthly as Rates Fall

This is how much size matters in the shipping industry: Bragging rights for the world’s largest container ship have changed hands four times in as many

March 5, 2015
Total Views: 48

Monday, March 2, 2015
MOL Orders Record-Breaking 20,150 TEU Capacity Containerships
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MOL Orders Record-Breaking 20,150 TEU Capacity Containerships

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries for the construction of four 20,150 TEU capacity Ultra Large Container

March 2, 2015
Total Views: 89

Thursday, December 25, 2014
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Samsung Heavy and MOL to Build Half-Dozen Liquefied Ethane Carriers

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd (MOL) will supervise the construction of six new very large ethane carriers (VLECs) at Samsung Heavy Industries and

December 25, 2014
Total Views: 46

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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Engineering News

Samsung Heavy and Samsung Engineering Scrap Merger Deal

Samsung Heavy Industries said on Wednesday it has decided to scrap a merger with Samsung Engineering because of the high costs of buying shares from

November 18, 2014
Total Views: 49

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Samsung Heavy Develops Self-Guided, Hull-Cleaning Robot
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Samsung Heavy Develops Self-Guided, Hull-Cleaning Robot

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has announced the development of a underwater robot for cleaning the hulls of ships. Think of it as a Roomba for

October 22, 2014
Total Views: 363

Monday, October 20, 2014
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Samsung Engineering Set to Win $1 Billion LNG Project Contract

Samsung Engineering Co., South Korea’s largest engineering company, expects to win its first liquefied natural gas project contract that could be worth more

October 20, 2014
Total Views: 78

Monday, October 13, 2014
Samsung Heavy Industries Lands $620 Million Order for LNG Carriers
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Samsung Heavy Industries Lands $620 Million Order for LNG Carriers

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries announced Monday that it has won a US $620 million order from an Asian buyer for the construction of three LNG

October 13, 2014
Total Views: 73

Friday, October 10, 2014
Samsung Heavy Industries to Build Tankers for Sanctioned Russian Firm
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Samsung Heavy Industries to Build Tankers for Sanctioned Russian Firm

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries plans to build three Arctic tankers for Russian oil company Gazprom Neft, which has been targeted by Western

October 10, 2014
Total Views: 142