China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has placed an order for the construction of two 307,000 dwt very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with compatriot Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC). Chine Merchants claims to be the world’s largest VLCC and VLOC owner. The order comes in the wake of the contract
Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has signed LNG cooperation agreements with compatriot Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding and France’s GTT. Under the deal with Hudong-Zhonghua signed on Tuesday, the two shipbuilders aim to join forces in the field of construction and repair within the liq
Ten new 2,800 TEU containerships being built for the Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming by compatriot shipbuilder CSBC Corporation are set to receive Smart Ship notations from leading classifications societies including ABS, DNV GL, BV, and CR Classification Society. Smart technology helps owners
Greece-based shipping company TMS Cardiff Gas has taken delivery of another LNG tanker built by South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries. The newest addition to the shipping company’s fleet is the third in the same series and a sister vessel to recently delivered LNG carriers La Seine and
A brand new liquefied natural gas carrier owned by France LNG Shipping has started a long-term charter with a unit of state-controlled utility EDF. France LNG Shipping is a joint venture consisting of Japanese shipping giant NYK and Geogas LNG, a company controlled by LPG shipper Geogas and European
Damen Shiprepair Harbour & Voyage (DSHV), part of the Dutch Damen Shipyards Group, has signed a joint partnership cooperation deal with compatriot equipment manufacturer Verolme Special Equipment for the provision of services to exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), widely known as scrubbers. The agr
Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri is focusing its efforts on renegotiating delivery dates of the secured newbuilding orders in order to preserve the acquired backlog. The majority of the company’s clients are looking at their capital expenditures and the possibility of delaying certain projects
Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding (HVS), a subsidiary of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. (HMD), has delivered a new dry-bulk carrier to the national shipping carrier of Saudi Arabia Bahri. The bulk carrier, named Sara, increases the company’s fleet of dry-bulk carriers to six ships in line with its effort
Russia’s huge new shipbuilding complex Zvezda has launched its first vessel, an Aframax tanker named Vladimir Monomakh. The dual-fuel tanker, running on traditional fuel and liquified natural gas, is designed to carry oil in unrestricted navigation. The ice-class ICE-1A vessel features a length of 2
Seven people died after an Aframax tanker undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Indonesia caught fire on 11 May 2020.
Yard workforce employed by Singapore’s offshore builder Sembcorp Marine has been reduced from 20,000 to only 850 workers following movement restriction measures implemented due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Shipping company Thun Tankers has placed an order for another ‘Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground’ (NAABSA) product tanker that will be able to call tidally restricted niche ports.
Corvus Energy has won a contract from BMA Technology in Turkey to supply its lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system for a new Nordlaks fish carrier. This is the second live-fish carrier in a series of two being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for Norwegian salmon and trout producer, Nord
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel at its Sakaide Works yard.
