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Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Bulker under construction at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China
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China’s Yangzijiang Wins $510 Million Ship Order Amid Weak Demand

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd., China’s biggest private shipbuilder, won a $510 million order to build six very

April 13, 2016
Total Views: 14

Sunday, April 3, 2016
Carnival Finalizes Contracts to Build Five New Cruise Ships at Fincantieri
Maritime News

Carnival Finalizes Contracts to Build Five New Cruise Ships at Fincantieri

A big weekend for the world’s largest cruise company as Carnival Corporation finalizes contracts with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build five

April 3, 2016
Total Views: 61

ATD Tugs 2412
Maritime News

Svitzer Modernizes Fleet With Four Damen Tractor Tugs

Svitzer selected Damen Shipyards to provide four ATD 2412 tugs as part of its ongoing fleet renewal program. The four new tugs are of Damen’s 24-metre

April 3, 2016
Total Views: 58

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
MHI Finally Delivers Delayed Aida Cruise Ship, AIDAPrima
Maritime News

MHI Finally Delivers Delayed Aida Cruise Ship, AIDAPrima

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that it has delivered the fuel-efficient AIDAprima cruise ship to AIDA Cruises at a ceremony held at Nagasaki

March 15, 2016
Total Views: 194

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
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Maritime News

Rolls-Royce to Supply LNG Propulsion For Fish Food Carrier

Rolls-Royce will supply a liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion package for a cargo vessel, which will deliver fish food on behalf of BioMar Group. A $6.5

March 8, 2016
Total Views: 24

Friday, March 4, 2016
Catamaran Tour Vessel
Maritime News

Incat To Design Ferry For Loch Ness Monster Hunt

Incat Crowther said it received a contract to design a 20m catamaran passenger ferry, taking tourists in search of monster Nessie in the waters of Loch Ness in

March 4, 2016
Total Views: 55

Friday, February 5, 2016
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Maritime News

South Asian Scrapyards Need To Improve Shipbreaking Practices, NGO Says

A new report by NGO Shipbreaking Platform reveals that more than 60% of 768 ships sold for scrap last year were broken on the beaches of India, Pakistan

February 5, 2016
Total Views: 26

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Jensen Maritime To Design Two McAllister Escort Tugs
Maritime News

Jensen Maritime To Design Two McAllister Escort Tugs

Jensen Maritime has been selected to design two new escort/rescue tugboats for McAllister Towing. The boats, to be named Brian A. McAllister and the

February 3, 2016
Total Views: 22

Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Antarctic Icebreaking Vessel
Maritime News

VARD To Design Icebreaking Vessel For Chilean Navy

Vard Marine will design an Antarctic icebreaking vessel for the Chilean Navy. Operating throughout the Southern Ocean, the 125-meter long ship will provide

February 2, 2016
Total Views: 44

Monday, February 1, 2016
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Maritime News

Philly Shipyard Starts Building Four Vessels For American Petroleum Tankers

Philly Shipyard announced that it has started construction on the first product tanker in a four vessel order for American Petroleum Tankers (APT). The

February 1, 2016
Total Views: 72

Monday, January 25, 2016
VOS Primrose
Maritime News

Vroon Takes Delivery of Three New Vessels

Netherlands-based Vroon said it has taken delivery of VOS Primrose, a KCM-80m platform-supply vessel (PSV). VOS Primrose, which will be managed by Vroon

January 25, 2016
Total Views: 75

Monday, January 18, 2016
rongsheng heavy industries shipyard shipbuilding
Maritime News

Chinese Shipyards See New Orders Fall by Almost Half in 2015

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — New orders received by Chinese shipbuilders fell by nearly half last year from 2014, suggesting more consolidation is in

January 18, 2016
Total Views: 6

Monday, January 4, 2016
Samsung Heavy Industries Shipbuilding (Geoje, South Korea)
Interesting

Asian Shipyards Face Tough Year in 2016

By Kyunghee Park and Jonathan Burgos (Bloomberg) — For many Asian shipyards, 2015 was a brutal year. This year could be even worse. With oil prices

January 4, 2016
Total Views: 6

Thursday, December 17, 2015
EU Court Annuls Illegal Aid ruling on Spanish Ship Finance Scheme
Maritime News

EU Court Annuls Illegal Aid ruling on Spanish Ship Finance Scheme

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Europe’s second-highest court gave clearance on Thursday to a Spanish tax lease scheme in the

December 17, 2015
Total Views: 3

Thursday, October 29, 2015
DSME shipyard
Maritime News

DSME Gets $3.7 Billion Bailout

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-biggest shipyard, rose the most in two months in

October 29, 2015
Total Views: 16

Monday, October 26, 2015
hyundai heavy industries
Maritime News

Korean Shipyards – Afloat, But Taking On Water

  By David Fickling (Bloomberg View) — Things had been looking more hopeful for Korea’s three largest shipbuilders, until today. After seven

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 64

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Vard Books Topaz OSCVs for $100 Million
Maritime News

Vard Books Topaz OSCVs for $100 Million

  Offshore shipbuilder VARD says it has lands new contracts for the design and construction of two offshore subsea construction vessels for

September 29, 2015
Total Views: 12

Monday, August 10, 2015
DSME Announces Restructuring After Huge Q2 Loss
Maritime News

DSME Announces Restructuring After Huge Q2 Loss

  SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd said on Monday it would sell non-core assets,

August 10, 2015
Total Views: 7

Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Meyer Turku Starts Construction On LNG-Powered Fast Ferry for Tallink
News

Meyer Turku Starts Construction On LNG-Powered Fast Ferry for Tallink

  The start of production has kicked off on a new generation LNG-powered fast ferry for the Estonian ferry company Tallink at the Meyer Turku Shipyard in

August 5, 2015
Total Views: 173

Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Thousands of Australian Shipbuilding Jobs Safe Under New Naval Frigates Program
Defense

Thousands of Australian Shipbuilding Jobs Safe Under New Naval Frigates Program

  Jason Scott (Bloomberg) — Australia will build a new fleet of navy ships locally, safeguarding thousands of jobs and ensuring the future viability

August 4, 2015
Total Views: 68
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