Foremost Group, a bulk carrier shipowner, is back to the Chinese shipbuilding market after almost five years. It has placed an order at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard for four 82,000 dwt methanol dual-fuel bulk vessels which are expected to be deliv

Gas and Heat, the Italian company leader in the design and construction of cargo handling systems, and RINA, the Inspection, Certification and Engineering consultancy multinational, have signed an agreement for the development of a cargo an

In 2023, shipyards delivered 350 new container ships with a total capacity of 2.2 million TEU, beating the previous record from 2015 when 1.7 million TEU was delivered. The 2023 record is now likely to be beaten already in 2024. As 2023 saw

Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) has signed Ship Building Contracts with Jiangnan Shipyard and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for a total construction of twelve 13,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel container ships. Each shipyard will build six vesse

On 17th January, the LNG dual-fuel car carrier SAIC Anji Shencheng with 7600 spaces built for SAIC Anji Logistics by CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard was named and set sail. The vessel will carry more than 5,000 various commercial vehicles and engine

On January 11, the first Marine Wind-Rotor Assisted Propulsion System independently developed by China was successfully put into commissioning by Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd (COOEC). The rotor sail system put into commissioning this t

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) is pleased to introduce another new 24,000 TEU mega vessel. The newest member in OOCLs fleet was named OOCL Valencia in the ceremony held at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NACKS) shi

On 2nd Jan, CSSC Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs successully held the signing ceremony for 3 units wind assisted RORO vessels. The newbuildings will be equiped with six Flettner rotors, two methanol

Chinas first domestically built large cruise shipAdora Magic City successfully started maiden commercail voyage on the first day of new year. Adora Magic City departed from Shanghai and will sail to Jeju Island, Nagasaki and Fukuoka before

The 65000 DWT semi-submersible heavy lift vessel was named as XIANG TAI KOU and delivered to COSCO SHIPPING Specialized today. The vessel DP2 vessel is with a length of 231.1m, a breadth of 46m, and is with the notation of Ice Class B. XIAN

On 27th December, a 62000 DWT multi-purpose heavy lift vessel YU AN was delivered successfully to Chinese－Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company (Chipolbrok) atTaizhou Kouan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. With length of 199.90m, breadth of 32.26m, d

On 22 December, the 77, 000 dwt multi-purpose pulp vessel Green Santos built by CHI (Dalian) for BOCOM Leasing was named and delivered. The vessel is the largest multi-purpose pulp vessel built in China. With an L*B*D size of 225.0m* 32.26m

The steel-cutting ceremonyfor PILs fisrt 8000TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessel was held at Yangzijing Shipbuilding on 19th Dec. The orders of these four 8000TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessels wasannounced by PIL in July 2022. All four ves

Adora Magic City, Chinas first domestically built large cruise ship, moved from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. to Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port on 15th December. The ship will begin her commercail operations on th

Recently, COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers successfully completed the worlds first DP float-over installation case without longitudinal limit, with a platform weighing 12,900 tons in place smoothly and the precise docking of the jacket.