Taiwanese bulker owner Wisdom Marine has approved a plan to order two 82,300 dwt kamsarmax bulk carriers at Tsuneishi Zhoushan shipyard. The price for each ship is $33m, and other details of the deal were not disclosed. Wisdom Marine is cur

The construction of Chinas largest comprehensive maritime scientific research ship kicked off in Shanghai on Monday. The 6,000 ton ship was described as a new generation maritime comprehensive scientific research vessel by China Shipping Ne

Chinas cabinet has approved a merger of the countrys two largest shipbuilders, China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Co (CSIC), the countrys state asset regulator said on Friday. The companies products range f

A new very large gas carrier (VLGC) that Japanese shipping major NYK will charter under a long-term contract to compatriot Astomos Energy Corporation has been named. The naming ceremony for the 83,000 cbm Lily Promenade was held in Kumamoto

A 20-meter-long patrol boat became the first exhibit to enter the venue of the 2nd China International Import Expo, arriving at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) on October 22. Built by Italian shipbuilding company Fe

On October 18, 2019, the naming ceremony of the 82,000 DWT bulk carrier SEACON SHANGHAI, which was financed by CSSC Leasing, and operated by Seacon Shipping Group, contracted by CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard, was held in the Longxue factor

Classification society Lloyds Register has awarded Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd with Approval in Principle (AiP) for its 91,000-cubic-meter very large gas carrier (VLGC). The design, named Panda 91T, includes an li

The first cruise liner to be built in the Chinese mainland entered the production phase on Friday, with the 135,500-metric-ton Vista-class vessel expected to showcase Chinas cutting-edge prowess in shipbuilding technologies, experts said. T

The completion volume of shipbuilding in China rose 6.7 percent year-on-year in the first nine months to 29.36 million deadweight tons (dwt), official data showed. The figure accounted for 37.8 percent of the global market share and China c

South Korea was relegated to the second spot in global shipbuilding orders last month for the first time since April, industry data showed Thursday. In September, local shipyards won orders totaling 320,000 compensated gross tons (CGTs) to

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of the very large crude oil carrier (VLCC) Tanzawa, the first new NYK-owned vessel to include an SOx scrubber. The vessel was handed over on October 3 during a naming an

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Group) is proud to announce the delivery of Takaroa Sun, a methanol carrier equipped with two-stroke dual-fuel engine technology that enables the vessel to be powered by methanol. Built in South Korea at Hyundai MIP

South Koreas Samsung Heavy Industries has signed shipbuilding deals for Evergreens latest ultra-large containerships, valued at a total of USD 920 million. The order was placed for the construction of six of the worlds largest container shi

Shipping giant to expand fleet with more vessels from China, says firms top official. Oman Shipping Co, the shipping arm of Omani logistics firm Asyad Group, expects to generate at least 20 percent of its revenues from China in the next few

The vessels will be constructed at the Tategami Main Plant of MHIs Nagasaki Shipyard Machinery Works 6% improvement in energy efficiency; fuel efficiency and environmental performance, enhanced through adoption of scrubber to meet new SOx e