Shipbuilding News


Editor's Desk: Cycles & Strategies

Oct 14, 2015

There are probably few industries that experience more dramatic up and down cycles than the collective businesses of energy exploration, production and transportation. If so, then one of those that do is shipbuilding. That’s because the most…

HHI Shows Smarter Way to Shipbuilding at KOMARINE 2015

Oct 14, 2015

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading integrated heavy industries company, announced today it teams up with its shipbuilding affiliates, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI)…

SBI Hire Aims to Boost Foreign Military Sales

Oct 13, 2015

Joseph Abeyta, President of Allwater Marine Group, LLC, has joined SAFE Boats International (SBI) as Foreign Military Sales Business Development Consultant to help increase foreign military sales business development growth efforts, SBI announced…

HII’s Petters Honored by Coast Guard Foundation

Oct 13, 2015

HII president and CEO Mike Petters honored at the Coast Guard Foundation’s Salute to the United States Coast Guard in New York Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), was honored by the Coast Guard Foundation…

Groundwork Begins on Successor Subs in UK

Oct 13, 2015

Groundwork has started on the renovation of a central shipyard complex that be used for outfitting future Royal Navy Successor submarines, British Forces News said. BAE Systems had announced last year a $459 million modernization of the entire shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness…

Icon Terminates Shipbuilding Contract

Oct 13, 2015

Icon Offshore Bhd and its partner FOB Swath Malaysia A/S have agreed to terminate their shipbuilding contract with Denmark-based Danish Yachts AS.  Icon-FOB Holdings (L) Inc in which Icon Offshore holds a 51% stake while FOB Swath Malaysia owns 49%…

Wärtsilä 31 Engine for Aker ARC 124 Icebreaker

Oct 09, 2015

The recently introduced Wärtsilä 31 engine, which has been acknowledged by Guinness World Records as being the world's most efficient four-stroke diesel engine, has been selected to power a new generation icebreaker currently under construction at the PJSC Vyborg Shipyard…

Tsakos Fixes Three LR2s on Timecharter

Oct 09, 2015

Crude, product and LNG tanker operator Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (TNP) announced the charter for an average of 36-months per vessel for its three LR2 Aframax tankers to a major European oil concern for crude trading operations. The total…

China to Build Submarines in Pakistan

Oct 08, 2015

China will build in Karachi four of eight submarines that it is selling to Pakistan, Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain said, reports Dawn. The remaining four will be built in China. China will transfer the technology…

Azerbaijan to Get New Passenger Vessel This Year-end

Oct 06, 2015

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company  expects to get the first of the three passenger vessels being built currently at the Baku Shipbuilding & Repair Plant (Baku Shipyard LLC) until the end of 2015, reports the Trend. The cases of all three…

Michelle Obama to Christen Navy's Newest Submarine

Oct 05, 2015

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama will join builder General Dynamics Electric Boat, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, in christening Illinois (SSN-786), the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear attack submarine, at an invitation-only ceremony Saturday…

Korean Shipbuilders in Red

Oct 05, 2015

South Korean shipbuilders are struggling with huge losses stemming from the delivery of low-priced ships and a delay in the construction of offshore facilities such as drill ships. The shipbuilders' earnings are expected to remain in the doldrums until the first half of 2016…

S. Korea Keeps Top Spot in Shipbuilding Beating China, Japan in Q3

Oct 05, 2015

South Korean shipbuilders have ranked first in the world outpacing Chinese and Japanese rivals in terms of new orders in the third quarter of the year, reports Yonhap quoting  Clarkson Research Services. South Korean shipyards bagged new orders totaling 2…

Thyssen Taps Anil Group for Sub Bid

Oct 02, 2015

Diversified German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG has initiated talks to partner Anil Ambani-led ADAG in building up to 12 submarines in a contract expected to be worth Rs50,000 crore ($7.6 billion), reports PTI. ThyssenKrupp, the Germany-based 41-billion euro company…

Epic Gas Secured Credit Facility for 7 Newbuilds

Oct 02, 2015

Epic Gas Ltd has closed a new USD 120 million post-delivery senior secured credit facility to finance its remaining seven owned vessels under construction. The facility covers approximately 65% of the contract price of the vessels, and has been closed in partnership with Coordinator…

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