Month: July 2007

Nordcapital Group and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed contracts for the building of eight massive container ships with a capacity of 13,100 TEU each. These will be the largest container ships HHI…

Japan?s leading shipbuilder, IHI Corporation, will establish a 100% foreign-owned factory in Vietnam?s northern city of Haiphong. The move makes the first time that a large foreign shipbuilder has established a facility…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has announced that, together with the Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd., and Iino Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (Iino Lines), it has agreed on joint ownership of a newly…

The UK shipbuilders BAE Systems and VT Group confirmed the long-awaited merger of their shipbuilding assets following the Government?s decision to provide the Royal Navy with two new aircraft carriers. The £1…

The Australian Marine Complex (AMC), Australia?s premiere shipbuilding precinct, has been a hive of activity recently with the opening of a new wharf. Located on the shores of Cockburn Sound, 23 kilometres…

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) recently launched an 82,000 m3 LPG carrier for Norwegian company BW Gas, formerly known as Bergesen. This is the first LPG carrier built on the ground…

Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Portosalvo Ltd. for the building of one 4,800 DWT Platform Supply Vessel based on the design Aker PSV 09 CD. The value of the…