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Thursday, July 6, 2017
HMAS Bundaberg Underway passing the Sydney Opera House
Defense

Australia Wants Exports With $68 Billion Naval Investment

By Jason Scott (Bloomberg) Australia wants more from its $68 billion investment in new ships and submarines than just a more capable navy.   With final

July 6, 2017
Total Views: 51

Thursday, April 27, 2017
News

World’s Top Two Shipyards Signal More Orders as Earnings Improve

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — The world’s two biggest shipbuilders reported profit and issued an improved outlook, indicating South

April 27, 2017
Total Views: 18

Thursday, April 20, 2017
keppel shipyard
Shipping News

Keppel’s Profit Weighed Down by Sluggish Offshore Business

SINGAPORE, April 20 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Keppel Corp posted its first year-on-year rise in quarterly profits since early 2015, helped by

April 20, 2017
Total Views: 63

Monday, April 10, 2017
News

Hyundai Merchant Marine to Order Up to Ten VLCCs at DSME

South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has singed a letter of intent (LOI) with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the

April 10, 2017
Total Views: 20

Friday, March 31, 2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Forming Shipbuilding Alliances with Japanese Rivals
News

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Forming Shipbuilding Alliances with Japanese Rivals

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) says it has reached basic agreements with other domestic shipbuilders on forming alliances in the

March 31, 2017
Total Views: 53

Friday, March 3, 2017
DSME Shipyard South Korea
News

Where South Korea’s Teetering, Debt-Laden Companies Go to Bank

By Kyunghee Park and Jung Park (Bloomberg) — Last August, the Korea Development Bank left cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping Co. adrift at sea —

March 3, 2017
Total Views: 42

Thursday, March 2, 2017
NASSCO Delivers Third and Final ECO Tanker to SEA-Vista
News

NASSCO Delivers Third and Final ECO Tanker to SEA-Vista

General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered the third and final ship to be constructed for SEA-Vista LLC as part of a larger eight-ship ECO Class tanker program. In

March 2, 2017
Total Views: 118

Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Sri Lanka Approves $180 Million Shipbuilding Order at Colombo Dockyard
News

Sri Lanka Approves $180 Million Shipbuilding Order at Colombo Dockyard

COLOMBO, March 1 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved the awarding of a $180 million deal for three offshore patrol vessels for the

March 1, 2017
Total Views: 105

Bulker under construction at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China
News

China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Plans to Cut Another 10% of Workforce 2017

SINGAPORE, March 1 (Reuters) – China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd plans to cut another 10 percent of its workforce in 2017, its

March 1, 2017
Total Views: 57

Monday, February 27, 2017
Container Lines Face ‘Window of Opportunity” to Delay Newbuild Deliveries
News

Container Lines Face ‘Window of Opportunity” to Delay Newbuild Deliveries

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container lines should follow the example of Maersk Line and negotiate deferring new vessel deliveries. Analyst Drewry

February 27, 2017
Total Views: 28

Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Fincantieri Said Close to Agreement for China Ships Contract
News

Fincantieri Said Close to Agreement for China Ships Contract

By Alessandra Migliaccio and Tommaso Ebhardt (Bloomberg) — Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA is expected to sign a binding contract to build cruise

February 21, 2017
Total Views: 15

Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Fincantieri’s Bid for STX France Viewed Favorably by French Government
Shipbuilding

Fincantieri’s Bid for STX France Viewed Favorably by French Government

By Emmanuel Jarry PARIS, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A leading French minister expressed support on Wednesday for a bid by Italy’s Fincantieri’s for

January 4, 2017
Total Views: 21

Friday, December 23, 2016
More Asian Defaults Loom in 2017 Amid Korea Shipyard Debt
Shipping News

More Asian Defaults Loom in 2017 Amid Korea Shipyard Debt

By Jung Park (Bloomberg) — As if investors in Asia’s troubled corporate bond markets don’t have enough to worry about, concern is mounting about

December 23, 2016
Total Views: 43

Friday, December 16, 2016
Shipping News

Brazilian Shipbuilder Ecovix Files Bankruptcy

SAO PAULO, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Ecovix Engevix Construções Oceánicas SA and five subsidiaries have filed for bankruptcy protection in a federal

December 16, 2016
Total Views: 50

Monday, December 12, 2016
U.S. Shipbuilders Ready to Build Trump’s 350-Ship Navy
Shipping News

U.S. Shipbuilders Ready to Build Trump’s 350-Ship Navy

The U.S. shipbuilding industry is ready to work with Donald Trump to help realize his goal of a 350-ship Navy, the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)

December 12, 2016
Total Views: 51

Saturday, December 10, 2016
hyundai heavy industries shipbuilding
News

Hyundai Heavy Lands $650 Million Ship Order from Iran -Yonhap

SEOUL, Dec 10 (Reuters) – South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd received a $650 million order to build 10 ships for Iran’s

December 10, 2016
Total Views: 73

Wednesday, November 30, 2016
tanker-american-endurance
Ship Design

Philly Shipyard Delivers Jones Act Tanker To Kinder Morgan

Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI) today delivered the American Endurance, the first of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers that it is building for

November 30, 2016
Total Views: 399

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
BAE Shouldn’t Get to Build U.K.’s New Frigate, Review Says
Shipping News

BAE Shouldn’t Get to Build U.K.’s New Frigate, Review Says

By Benjamin Katz (Bloomberg) — BAE Systems Plc’s Scottish dockyards should be excluded from the lead role on a new class of Royal Navy frigate in

November 29, 2016
Total Views: 34

Type 26 Global Combat Ship
Shipping News

Britain Should Speed Up Military Shipbuilding to Create Jobs

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Britain needs to speed up shipbuilding for the Royal Navy and spread work more widely across companies and shipyards to help

November 29, 2016
Total Views: 74

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries
Interesting

World’s No. 1 Shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Announces Four-Way Split

SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries is being split into four companies, with its non-shipbuilding businesses being

November 15, 2016
Total Views: 54
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