shipbuilding


Thursday, December 12, 2013
keppel shipyard shipbuilding singapore
News

Singapore’s Keppel Says it Plans to Build Its First Drillship

Singapore's Keppel Corporation Ltd, the world's top offshore drilling rig maker, said it plans to build its first drillship despite not having a buyer lined

December 12, 2013
Total Views: 84

Monday, December 2, 2013
Canadian Police Charge Man with Attempting to Leak Classified Shipbuilding Data to China
News

Canadian Police Charge Man with Attempting to Leak Classified Shipbuilding Data to China

Canadian police have arrested a man and charged him with trying to leak classified information related to the country’s national shipbuilding strategy

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 39

Wednesday, November 27, 2013
STX Group
News

STX Pan Ocean Orders Capesize Bulkers

Dry bulk shipper STX Pan Ocean has placed an order today for two Capesize bulk carriers from Hanjin Heavy Industries. The vessels, due for delivery by the end

November 27, 2013
Total Views: 41

Wednesday, November 6, 2013
BAE Systems to Close Historic Portsmouth Shipyard, Cuts 1,775 Jobs
Shipbuilding

BAE Systems to Close Historic Portsmouth Shipyard, Cuts 1,775 Jobs

BAE Systems Plc, Europe’s largest defense company, will cease warship production at the historic Portsmouth site on the English coast and eliminate

November 6, 2013
Total Views: 140

BAE Systems Cuts 1,775 Jobs And Ends Portsmouth Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

BAE Systems Cuts 1,775 Jobs And Ends Portsmouth Shipbuilding

Defence contractor BAE Systems plans to lay off 1,775 ship workers across the UK as the biggest warships Britain has ever built near completion with no

November 6, 2013
Total Views: 133

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
bahri chemical tanker
News

Hyundai Mipo Wins Order for 16 Clean Product Tankers

Hyundai Mipo added nearly a half billion dollars to their backlog today with a 16-ship order from an undisclosed Middle Eastern shipowner today. The order

October 30, 2013
Total Views: 79

Monday, October 21, 2013
hyundai merchant marine
News

Hyundai Merchant Marine to Build Pair of Bulk Carriers

In a stock exchange filing today, Hyundai Merchant Marine announced they have exercised an option to build a pair of 82,000 dwt bulk carriers for a total

October 21, 2013
Total Views: 22

nakilat damen shipyards qatar
News

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Signs Newbuild Orders

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has secured newbuild and operations contracts today for seven new vessels consisting of two 60-ton bollard pull (BP)

October 21, 2013
Total Views: 110

Thursday, October 17, 2013
b.delta37 deltamarin bulk carrier china navigation
Engineering News

China Navigation Orders Four More Deltamarin Bulk Carriers

China Navigation Company (CNCo), the deep-sea ship-owning and operating arm of Singapore-based Swire Group has confirmed today a newbuild order for four

October 17, 2013
Total Views: 186

Monday, October 7, 2013
scorpio bulkers
Uncategorized

Scorpio Bulkers Goes Big Into Dry Bulk with $455 Million Newbuild Acquisition

Scorpio Bulkers has snatched up 15 bulk carrier newbuilds from yards in Japan and China today in a $455 million acquisition, an order which will more than

October 7, 2013
Total Views: 27

Thursday, October 3, 2013
crown63 ultramax sinopacific shipbuilding
News

Paragon Shipping Acquires Ultramax Newbuilds

Paragon Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PRGN), an Athens-based dry bulk shipper has announced an acquisition worth approximately $53.0 million for two 63,500 dwt

October 3, 2013
Total Views: 142

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
star bulk
News

Star Bulk Drops $214 Million for Five New Bulk Carriers

Star Bulk (NASDAQ:SBLK), an Athens-based dry bulk shipping firm has announced that as of last week, they have entered into agreements to build five new bulk

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 248

Yangzijiang
News

$1 Billion in New Ships Ordered from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding

SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd, China’s second-largest listed shipyard, said it had won shipbuilding

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 19

Monday, September 30, 2013
Mitsubishi Heavy to Begin Construction on New Japanese Research Vessel
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Mitsubishi Heavy to Begin Construction on New Japanese Research Vessel

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) an award today to build a wide-area seabed

September 30, 2013
Total Views: 82

Tuesday, September 24, 2013
green dolphin
News

Pioneer Marine Launches With a Newbuild Order for 4 Bulk Carriers

After a year of beating the bushes of the ship finance sector, Pankaj Khanna, CEO of Singapore-based Pioneer Marine has gained funding from US-based private

September 24, 2013
Total Views: 70

Wednesday, September 18, 2013
vinashin
Engineering News

Vietnam Shipbuilding to Fire 14,000 Employees in Massive Overhaul

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, the state company whose near-bankruptcy contributed to credit downgrades and banking system

September 18, 2013
Total Views: 107

Monday, September 16, 2013
STX Finland to Close Rauma Shipyard
News

STX Finland to Close Rauma Shipyard

STX Finland has announced that its Board has unanimously approved a restructuring of the company which will see current operations at the Rauma Shipyard ramped

September 16, 2013
Total Views: 107

Monday, September 9, 2013
K Line LNG tanker japan
Engineering News

Mitsui to Team With Rivals as 700 LNG Ships Needed by 2030

(Bloomberg) — Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., the heavy machinery maker whose merger talks with Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. fell apart

September 9, 2013
Total Views: 171

Tuesday, September 3, 2013
hyundai mipo dockyard
News

Hyundai Mipo Shares Rise on $103 Million Containership Newbuild Order

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard announced today they have been awarded a 113,200,000,000 KRW (USD $103 million) newbuild order for new containerships from an undisclosed

September 3, 2013
Total Views: 25

Monday, September 2, 2013
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News

Samsung Heavy Wins Major Newbuild Orders, Settles Dispute with FLEX LNG

In an exchange filing today, Samsung Heavy Industries announced the winning of contracts to build a new drillship and two LNG carriers for a total

September 2, 2013
Total Views: 69