Month: April 2007

Hyundai Heavy Industries? Shipbuilding Division has commenced construction of a 10,000TEU containership. The ship is one of the four ordered from the Chinese shipping company COSCO, and will be delivered in early…

Support services and shipbuilding company VT Group in England has been contracted to build and manage three offshore patrol vessels (OPV), including associated training and long-term maintenance support, that are to be…

EUKOR Car Carriers has placed an order with Korea shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for four large Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs). The vessels will be built at the HHI Shipyard…

Shipbuilding seems to be staging a comeback in India, especially large ships, with smaller shipyards taking the lead. India?s largest private sector yard, ABG Shipyard, announced an order for four bulk carriers…

Aker Yards and Tallink Grupp have signed a contract of a large cruise ferry. The vessel worth approx. 180 million Euros will be delivered in spring 2009 from the shipyard in Rauma.The…

Hitachi Zosen joins the family of licencees of Wärtsilä Corporation to manufacture Wärtsilä RT-flex electronically-controlled common-rail marine engines. Hitachi Zosen was awarded a contract in March 2007 by Wärtsilä Corporation to build…

Tallink s newest passenger ferry "Star" was delivered from Aker Yards Helsinki yard today. The 110 million euro newbuilding will start regular crossings between Helsinki and Tallinn and will be capable of…

Fears are being raised that Barrow shipyard in England could miss out on building sections of a giant new aircraft carrier. It was planned that Barrow, part of the BAE group, would…

Hanjin Heavy Industries has won $281 million order to build five container ships for a European company. The vessels will be delivered to Danaos Shipping of Greece by 2010. Hanjin expects this…

Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea has secured an order for three PCTCs from a ship owner in Latin America. Total contract price is $270 million and deliveries will be completed…