Month: December 2005

Work to build the largest shipyard in Vietnam?s central region started on Sunday in the country?s central hub, Danang city. The Danang shipyard, located on an area of more than 31ha in…

The Norwegian shipping company Solvang ASA together with a group of investors have placed a new order with Meyer Werft in Papenburg for construction and delivery of two LEG/LPG tankers. The gas…

Avanzamento Engineering?s (AESB) new shipyard in Manjung, Perak, Malaysia, will start operating in July 2006. About $13.2 million has been invested in the shipyard, which will employ 50 to 60 people and…

Austal Ships has secured a newbuilding contract for two 88 metre high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. This follows the submission of a fully compliant proposal with the lowest…

Venezuela and Iran have agreed to explore setting up a joint shipbuilding operation in the South American country with cooperation of the domestic shipbuilder Dianca. The memorandum of understanding was signed between…

Pacific Basin placed a new order for four 32,000DWT handysize bulk carriers with Guangdong Machinery and Jiangmen Nanyang Ship Engineering at a cost of $21.98 each. The four will be delivered on…

The Indonesian state-owned oil company PT Pertamina plans to acquire 32 oil tankers totaling more than 800,000 DWT for domestic oil shipments. The company`s president director, Widya Purnama, said the procurement was…

KCI Konecranes in Finland has received an order for a Goliath gantry crane from Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The new 900-ton crane will be delivered to the DSME…

Hudong Heavy Machinery in China aims to increase its engine product capacity by almost four times. The engine maker has set a target of producing 1.4 million bhp in 2006, 2.5 million…

A new and bigger shipbuilder was unveiled today in Dalian as part of the restructuring of the city's shipbuilding industry. Dalian Shipbuilding Industry was formed by the merger of Dalian Shipyard Co…