The Emma Maersk, one of the largest containerships in the world, is featured in today’s spotted. The giant boxship has recently departed from France-based Damen Shiprepair Brest following drydock services, a special survey and maintenance work. Only yards with extra large drydocks such as this one c
In today’s infographic we bring you a list of the top five shipyards ranked by the market value of the newbuilding contracts currently on order. The infographic, released by the valuation provider VesselsValue, shows that South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is ranked first with o
Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has received an order to construct two Ro-Ro vessels, with an option for further four ships, from the Luxembourg-based RoRo specialist Cobelfret RoRo SA (CLdN). Under the contract, signed on March 14, the vessels on order will have a capacity of 5,500 lane meters and wil
Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary Vard Holdings Limited (VARD), specializing in the design and shipbuilding of offshore and specialized vessels, has signed a Letter of Intent with the French ship owner Ponant, a subsidiary of Artemis Group, for the construction of four small-sized luxury cruise ves
Taiwan-listed shipping company Wisdom Marine Group has added three newly-built bulk carriers to its fleet, two of 34,000 dwt and one of 84,000 dwt. The 34,000 dwt bulkers, named Daiwan Justice and Daiwan Kalon, were built by the Japanese shipbuilder Namura Shipbuilding. Featuring a weight of 21,500
Bermuda-headquartered crude oil tanker company, DHT Holdings, has taken delivery of a very large crude carrier (VLCC) newbuilding from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries. The 299,900 dwt vessel is named DHT Lion and is entering the spot market. It is the third of a series of six VLCC
Hong Kong-listed Sinotrans Shipping Limited has plunged further into the red as its annual net loss dropped to USD 81.5 million in 2015 from a net loss of USD 12.7 million seen a year earlier. Full year revenue from the company’s dry bulk, container shipping and other operations were at USD 999.7 mi
German cruise line AIDA Cruises took delivery of AIDAprima, its first newbuild of a new ship generation, from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Nagasaki on March 14. AIDAprima, the 11th cruise ship in the AIDA fleet, left Nagasaki and is currently on its way to Hamburg, where it will be homeporte
Royal Caribbean’s two brand new cruise ships Harmony of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas are gearing up to take to the world’s oceans. Last week was a very busy period for the two newbuilds as they tested their mettle before final delivery. Ovation of the Seas left Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany on
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Chinese shipping companies Cosco Group, China Merchants Group and ICBC Financial Leasing Co. are reported to have stacked up orders for 30 Valemax ore carriers worth a total of USD 2.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal writes. The trio is said to have ordered 10 ships respectively at local yards, nam
Well this is a sight we don’t see every day. In today’s spotted we present you the Shturman (Navigator) Albanov, the first of six Gazprom Neft’s Arch7-class tankers built to ensure year-round oil transportation from Novy port in Russia. The image shows the ship’s rudder before the tanker was launche
Cosco Corporation’s two subsidiaries from China, Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard and Cosco (Dalian) Shipyard, have delivered two vessel, an oil tanker and a salvage lifting vessel, to their undisclosed buyers. Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard has delivered an 111,000 dwt oil tanker ‘Font Lynx’ to an unnamed Euro
Royal Caribbean’s third Oasis-class cruise ship Harmony of the Seas will be put through its paces in the next three days as it is scheduled to depart STX France’s shipyard later today on its first sea trials. The vessel, currently under construction in Saint-Nazaire, will test its electric power pla
