Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (BSIC) has secured an order to build four 250,000 dwt very large ore carriers (VLOCs) for Chinese state-owned Shandong Shipping Corporation. As Sinoshipnews reports citing Zhao Xianfu, Vice General Manager of Shandong Shipping: “The four VLOCs we just ordered will be used to transport BHP’s iron ore and they [...]
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited, a large heavy industries group in China, today christened the first two 380,000 DWT class Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOC) built for Oman Shipping Company S.A.O.C. (Oman Shipping). The vessels, which will be deployed on the iron ore trade route between Brazil and Oman, will set for sea [...]
Oman Shipping Company’s first VLOC, the VALE LIWA was floated out of the construction docks and transferred to the final outfitting berth at Rongsheng Heavy Industries shipyard in China. The VALE LIWA is the first in a series of four VLOC’s currently under construction for Oman Shipping Company at the yard. The Valemax vessels, [...]
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Brazilian mining giant Vale is in talks with Liaoning-based Chinese shipbuilder Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. on the building of … (steelorbis) Source: steelorbis, August 8, 2011;
