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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: 60

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: 55

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Triple-E Class Vessel, Construction In Floating Drydock
News

DSME Rises on Report of Financial Aid

  By Michael S. Arnold (Bloomberg) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, rose by the most in

July 21, 2015
Total Views: 3

Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Maersk Line Inks $1.1 Billion Order for Nine New Ships
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Maersk Line Inks $1.1 Billion Order for Nine New Ships

  Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, announced Wednesday the signing of a newbuild contract with South Korea’s

July 8, 2015
Total Views: 17

Monday, June 29, 2015
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Maritime News

World’s Biggest Shipbuilder Sees Mega Ships Leading Global Demand

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. expects mega- sized container ships to lead global orders until early next year as shipping companies seek ways to cut

June 29, 2015
Total Views: 40

Thursday, June 25, 2015
British Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
News

Britain’s Biggest-Ever Warship Fired Up for the First Time

The onboard Diesel Generators for Britain's new 65,000 tonne supercarrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, were fired up for the first, marking a significant stage in the

June 25, 2015
Total Views: 25

Tuesday, May 26, 2015
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Maritime News

2000 Club – World’s Biggest Shipbuilder Hits Delivery Milestone

  South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, announced a new milestone Tuesday with the recent delivery

May 26, 2015
Total Views: 21

Friday, May 8, 2015
Record Build for Ulstein Verft Reaches Milestone
Maritime News

Record Build for Ulstein Verft Reaches Milestone

A big milestone for a record build at the Ulstein Verft shipyard in Norway. Last month, the prefabricated aft section of newbuild Yno 302 arrived at the yard

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 27

Thursday, April 30, 2015
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News

CMA CGM Explains How to Build an Ultra-Large Containership [VIDEO]

With a length of 1,305 ft. (398m), a width of 177 ft. (54m) and the capacity to carry 17,722 twenty-foot containers, the CMA CGM KERGUELEN is CMA CGM Group’s

April 30, 2015
Total Views: 93

Thursday, April 23, 2015
MOL Orders ‘Next-Generation’ Car Carriers
Maritime News

MOL Orders ‘Next-Generation’ Car Carriers

Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) says it has signed a newbuilding contract for what the company describes as next generation car carriers. The contract

April 23, 2015
Total Views: 75

Saturday, April 4, 2015
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News

Building Ships and Offshore Rigs in The Netherlands [GALLERY]

Amidst a crazy windstorm this week that briefly grounded a Maersk containership and delayed flights all along the coast of the North Sea, I had the

April 4, 2015
Total Views: 207

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Australia’s Military Shipbuilders Need Overhaul, Defence Minister Says
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Australia’s Military Shipbuilders Need Overhaul, Defence Minister Says

Australia’s military shipbuilding industry needs to cut costs and become more productive to win contracts as the government seeks to buy 40 ships and

March 31, 2015
Total Views: 3

Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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News

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Visits Baltic Shipyard

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin paid a visit to Baltic Shipyard (Baltiysky Zavod) today to witness the progress being made on two nuclear

March 11, 2015
Total Views: 8

Monday, February 9, 2015
Cammell Laird Shipyard Wins Strangford Ferry Newbuild Contract
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Cammell Laird Shipyard Wins Strangford Ferry Newbuild Contract

British shipyard Cammell Laird announced today the award of a multi-million pound new-build ferry contract from the Northern Ireland Executive. The Birkenhead

February 9, 2015
Total Views: 18

Friday, December 5, 2014
Celebrity Cruises Orders Two Ships from STX France
Maritime News

Celebrity Cruises Orders Two Ships from STX France

Celebrity Cruises, a brand of the second largest cruise company Royal Caribbean, has signed a Letter of Intent with shipbuilder STX France for the construction

December 5, 2014
Total Views: 17

Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Watch: Steel Workers Replace Old Rivets On Board Liberty Ship SS John W. Brown
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Watch: Steel Workers Replace Old Rivets On Board Liberty Ship SS John W. Brown

Early last month, the SS John W. Brown, one of two remaining fully operational WWII Liberty Ships, arrived at the Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk, VA

December 2, 2014
Total Views: 419

Friday, November 28, 2014
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Engineering News

Mexico Orders New Salt Transporter from Nantong Rainbow

Mexico’s state-controlled Exportadora de Sal SA (ESSA), one of the world’s largest salt exporters with a 10-million-ton annual production, has ordered

November 28, 2014
Total Views: 86

Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Canada’s Seaspan Turns to Turkish Shipyard for LNG-Fueled Ferries
Maritime News

Canada’s Seaspan Turns to Turkish Shipyard for LNG-Fueled Ferries

Seaspan Ferries Corporation, a unit of Vancouver-based Seaspan Marine Corporation, says it has awarded a contract to Sedef Shipyard of Istanbul, Turkey for the

November 19, 2014
Total Views: 24

Damen to Build Five Brazil-Bound Oil Spill Response Vessels
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Damen to Build Five Brazil-Bound Oil Spill Response Vessels

Damen Shipyards says it has inked a contract with Monaco-based Compagnie Maritime Monégasque SAM for the construction of five Fast Oil Spill Response Vessels

November 19, 2014
Total Views: 40

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Watch: Subsea Support Vessel’s Sideways Launch from Just About Every Angle
Maritime News

Watch: Subsea Support Vessel’s Sideways Launch from Just About Every Angle

Deepocean’s new subsea support vessel MV Deep Helder was launched earlier this year at the De Hoop Lobith shipyard in Foxhol, the Netherlands. According

November 18, 2014
Total Views: 70
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