Month: May 2008

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has won a 121 billion won ($117 million) deal to build two chemicals carriers for a European shipping company for delivery by December 2011.

The Jan De Nul Group in Belgium has signed contracts with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co Ltd in Tianjin, China, for the construction of five work boats. The workboats are similar…

Wärtsilä will strengthen its international customer service by centralizing the spare parts logistics and by building a new spare parts distribution centre in the Netherlands. A large and modern central warehouse is…

The KG Maritime Shipping consortium which has a 70% stake in Bulgarian national maritime carrier NMB, will add to the fleet 25 new vessels over the next decade, The initial talks will…

STX Shipbuilding in South Korea reports that it has succeeded in developing a 22,000 TEU containership making it the worlds largest of its type. The containership is 460m in length, 60m in…

Danish shipping group AP Moller Maersk is to launch a cost-cutting programme at its Odense shipyard that could jeopardise jobs as it seeks to stem mounting losses. "The shipyard is still operating…

STX Shipbuilding plans to raise capacity at its South Korean yards by 20% this year after adding a second floating dock to meet demand for new vessels. Yards in Busan and Jinhae…

Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Seadrill Limited to build a deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig at a turnkey contract value…

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has won a 277 billion won ($264 million) order from the Omani government to build a ship repair yard and dry dock complex in southeastern Oman. The…