SinOceanic Shipping ASA has entered into a contract with Jinhai Heavy Industries, China, to build 10 x 8800 TEU state-of-the art super eco containerships for delivery from mid 2015. Upon delivery, all vessels will enter into long term, fixed charter parties. The vessels will be built to meet the latest IMO CSS Code for container [...]
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited today announced that COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co . Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over RMB500 million (approx $81.5 Mln) from a Chinese ship owner to build one 28,000 CBM LNG Vessel. The [...]
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited today announced that subsidiaries of the Company’s 51% owned COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd have made the following deliveries: 1. COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd has delivered a bulk carrier of 35.000 DWT, “CHIOS LUCK”, to its European buyer. The bulk carri er measures 179.99 meters [...]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured new offshore winch contracts from three Chinese shipyards, Fujian Southeast, Fuzhou Baima and Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering. The winches are destined for 22 anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels under construction for a number of international owners. “Our offshore winches have been specified for a run of new-series small and [...]
Greece has become an important client of China’s shipbuilding enterprises. Greek Shipping Minister, Kostis Moussouroulis said in Shanghai, during the weekend visit, that Greek shipowners have recently signed contracts to buy 142 new ships from Chinese shipbuilding companies. As Xinhuanet reports, the orders, which were signed in April, accounted for more than 60 percent of [...]
Aliança’s new container ship ‘Sebastião Caboto’ was christened recently at the Terminal Maritimo de Passageiros in the port of Santos. The Sebastiao Caboto, built by Shanghai Shipyard Co., Ltd., is the first of a series of four identical container ships which each have a slot capacity of 3,800 TEU and are each fitted with 500 reefer [...]
To further strengthen basic safety management, improve safety self-management system, ensure the implementation of safety training, prevent accidents and improve safety management level systematically, in accordance with the requirement of safety production by CSSC, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS) has begun to adopt quantified index to measure safety self-management and every other safety indicator and [...]
Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers has declared the options for further two 36,000 deadweight handysize bulkers from the Korean owned Samjin Weihai Shipyard in Shandong Province, China. The two Units are exact repetitions of the first two ordered in June 2012 and are scheduled for delivery mid/end 2014. The ships will be built based on an economical [...]
The first of two Very Large Crude Carrier tankers (VLCC) ordered by Sovcomflot Group (SCF) was successfully launched on 5 May, 2013. SCF is a world leader in the product carrier segment, as well as in the Aframax and Suezmax oil tanker segments. In line with the SCF development strategy, the construction of the two [...]
On Tuesday May 7th, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Shanghai delivered m.v. Taagborg, an ice strengthened multipurpose vessel with a cargo capacity of 21,000 tons, to Royal Wagenborg. Taagborg left for Dalian, shortly after the delivery, setting sail on her maiden voyage to Kitimat, British Columbia (Canada). Subsequently, the vessel will sail to Singapore and Japan [...]
