Join our crew and become one of the 105,959 members that receive our newsletter.

shipbuilding


Thursday, March 15, 2012
UT 776 CD hyundai PSV 4400 rolls royce
Engineering News

Get Them While They’re Hot…Rolls Royce Receives £45 Million Order for PSVs

Rolls-Royce Marine received an order today from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co, Ltd. to design and equip four deepwater platform supply vessels

March 15, 2012
Total Views: 12

Monday, March 12, 2012
Helix ESG Q4000 well intervention semisubmersible
Engineering News

Helix Signs Contract for New Well Intervention Semi from Jurong Shipyard

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) on Tuesday said it has secured a US$385.5 million order to build a semisubmersible well intervention

March 12, 2012
Total Views: 25

tugboat shrouded propeller shipyard
Engineering News

China’s Shipbuilding Industry Shoots for the Stars…$189 Billion in Sales by 2015

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

March 12, 2012
Total Views: 6

Medium Range MR Tanker transpetrol
Engineering News

Brazil’s Kingfish Places $732 Million Newbuild Order for 11 Tankers

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian oil field services company OSX Brasil S/A (OSXB3.BR), part of Brazilian businessman Eike Batista’s industrial

March 12, 2012
Total Views: 54

Sunday, March 11, 2012
rambiz II
Engineering News

Hyundai Mipo and STX Receive New Shipbuilding Orders

Hyundai Mipo has reportedly won a $198 million newbuild order from an undisclosed European client for 4 platform supply vessels.  The report from the Thai

March 11, 2012
Total Views: 12

ocean rig sete brasil drillships samsung heavy industries shipyard shipbuilding
Engineering News

Sete Brasil Shareholders Approve $3.9 Billion Investment Capital Increase

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Shareholders of Brazilian drilling-rig holding company Sete Brasil approved a capital increase as the company prepares to line up

March 11, 2012
Total Views: 15

Thursday, March 8, 2012
qatar gas lng ships HHI Hyundai heavy industries
Engineering News

100 Million Tons of Ships, Hyundai Heavy Surpasses All Others

The Korea Times and Yonhap news reports today that South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has cumulatively built over 100 million tons of ships

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 70

LCS 3 USS Fort Worth
Defense

US Senator Questions the Future of the Littoral Combat Ship Program

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) questioned Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus about the future of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program during a

March 8, 2012
Total Views: 50

Sunday, March 4, 2012
nanjing map
Engineering News

4 Dead, 12 Injured in Chinese Shipyard Explosion

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

March 4, 2012
Total Views: 110

Friday, March 2, 2012
PT Berlian Laju Tanker
Finance

For Shipbuilders, “2012 Will be a Difficult Year” – Marine Money [REPORT]

HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–The global slowdown in the shipping industry is claiming more victims and industry experts expect more defaults in the coming

March 2, 2012
Total Views: 2

yuan dollar
Engineering News

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Chairman: “There’s no reason for the yuan to appreciate”

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–The chairman of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. (BS6.SG) said Thursday he doesn’t expect the yuan to appreciate more

March 2, 2012
Total Views: 6

Thursday, March 1, 2012
lloyd liverpool
Blog

Times are a’Changing…Brazil’s Future Looks Bright

– By Luiz Gustavo Cruz, Contributing Writer, MTS Logistics The great days of the shipping industry in Brazil were gone a long time ago. Big shipping

March 1, 2012
Total Views: 169

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
vectis eagle super green 8500
Engineering News

Record Earnings in 2011 for China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding [REPORT]

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. (YSHLF, 911609.TW, BS6.SG) posted a 24% rise in its fourth quarter net profit, capping a

February 29, 2012
Total Views: 3

Monday, February 27, 2012
West Auriga drillship Seadrill
News

Seadrill Views Long Term Demand for Deepwater Drilling Rigs, Plans to Build Two More

Hamilton, Bermuda – Seadrill has in the last year seen a surge in long-term demand for tender rigs and modern ultra-deepwater drilling rigs. The

February 27, 2012
Total Views: 37

Thursday, February 23, 2012
marine rig sembcorp shipbuilding
Engineering News

Sembcorp Shipbuilding: “Fundamentals for the Offshore O&G Industry Remain Intact”

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Sembcorp Marine Ltd.’s (S51.SG) fourth-quarter net profit fell 4.3% mainly because of lower operating profit from rig

February 23, 2012
Total Views: 2

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
mars tanker royal fleet auxiliary
Engineering News

DSME Wins £452M Contract to Build 4 Royal Navy Fleet Auxiliary Tankers

A new generation of 37,000-tonne tankers have been ordered for the Royal Navy fleet, the Ministry of Defense announced today. The new Military Afloat Reach and

February 22, 2012
Total Views: 187

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
port of Djibouti Robert Almeida photography
Engineering News

Damen Shipyards to Deliver a Modular Drydock to Djibouti

Djibouti’s busy port is one of the most important gateways to the African continent and is strategically located at the confluence of the Red Sea and the

February 21, 2012
Total Views: 410

Monday, February 20, 2012
China’s Dongfang Shipbuilding Works Through Finance Issues, Work put on Hold at DFS
Engineering News

China’s Dongfang Shipbuilding Works Through Finance Issues, Work put on Hold at DFS

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

February 20, 2012
Total Views: 14

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Pacific class 400 sembcorp ppl shipyard
Engineering News

Safin Gulf Contracts Sembcorp’s PPL Shipyard for New Pacific Class 400 Jack-Up

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a US$213 million contract to build a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig. The Pacific Class 400

February 16, 2012
Total Views: 78

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
LNG Carrier Abdelkader
Engineering News

13 Ships, $1.7 Billion in New Orders Placed YESTERDAY

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and China’s STX Offshore and Shipbuilding had a heck of a day yesterday with 13 new shipbuilding

February 14, 2012
Total Views: 246
close

JOIN OUR CREW

Maritime and offshore news trusted by our 105,959 members delivered daily straight to your inbox.

gCaptain’s full coverage of the maritime shipping industry, including containerships, tankers, dry bulk, LNG, breakbulk and more.