Month: July 2006

STX Shipbuilding has won an order from an unidentified Turkish owner for three tankers at the price of $204 million. Delivered is slated by May 2009.

Work on the Zhoushan Changbaidao project in China has been given the go-ahead. The project is to build a drydock of 400m in length and 106m in breadth in order to build…

Samsung Heavy industries and Atlantico in Brazil signed a $14 million contract of technology support including construction and operation of shipbuilding facility and ship design.Atlantico will build a 360 metre drydock at…

Danaos in Greece placed an order for five 6,500TEU container ships with Sungdong Shipbuilding for delivery during 2009. Total contract price is around $500 million.

A revolutionary information service to improve Straits shipping has been launched in Singapore. The product, called STRAITSFORECAST, is now available to shippers, shipping agents, port authorities and professionals. It will provide high-quality…

SembCorp Marine in Singapore has clinched a contract to build a gas production platform to be installed offshore in Brazil. The deal is worth $550m and the platform will be built by…

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co, China's largest steel mill, started construction of a $750 million project to make special alloy plates and coils in Shanghai. "This is to meet the growing demand…

The South Korean shipbuilder STX is mulling a project to develop a large-scale shipyard in the coastal central province of Khanh Hoa in Vietnam that should be able to build giant vessels…

Norwegian Coastal Voyage's ?MS Fram?, currently being built by Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, is on schedule for its maiden voyage in April, 2007. The 12,700-ton, 328-berth, eight-deck ship, the first cruise ship built…

The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) for the direct power connection of Hanjin's shipbuilding facility to be built inside the…