Shipbuilding News


Shift to Contract Labor in U.S. Maritime, Offshore Sectors Underway

Aug 03, 2015

Maritime and Offshore recruiter Faststream has reported a shift in attitude towards temporary, project and consulting work following a recent survey to over 1,000 candidates in North America. While employees have been reluctant to look at moving from permanent to contract work in the past…

Mingde Heavy is Bankrupt

Aug 03, 2015

Nantong’s Tongzhou District People’s Court has put an end to the restructuring appeal by debt-ridden Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry, and officially declared it bankrupt.  A  a request by Mingde to extend the submission of its restructuring plan…

Nantong Tongbao Bags Order for 8 Chemical Tankers

Aug 03, 2015

Nantong Tongbao Shipbuilding has signed shipbuilding agreements with joint buyers, Shanghai Dingheng Shipping and Xiamen Xiangyu Group, for the construction of eight chemical tankers worth RMB1bn ($160.95m) The delivery of tankers sized from 2…

Tug-Barge Design Optimized for South America

Aug 01, 2015

Some veteran Mississippi pushboats and barges have been transported to South America for second careers. However, conditions on a great river like the Paraguay-Paraná are different. It has sharp bends, shallow stretches, and includesremote reachestotally lacking in infrastructure…

Thai Navy Lobbies for More Submarines

Jul 31, 2015

The Royal Thai Navy claims it urgently needs more submarines to compete with other Asian countries. The assistant commander made the claim aimed at persuading a skeptical public that the nation should invest in its military in a white paper sent to reporters…

Bollinger Delivers 14th FRC to USCG

Jul 30, 2015

Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the 14th Fast Response Cutter (FRC), Heriberto Hernandez, to the United States Coast Guard (USCG).The 154-foot patrol craft Heriberto Hernandez is the 14th vessel in the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class FRC program…

Keppel Comes Out Tops at WSH Awards

Jul 29, 2015

Keppel Group has clinched 35 awards at this year's Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Awards, organized by the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Singapore. It is the highest number of awards won by a single organization this year…

Carnival’s Costa Brand Orders Two LNG Cruise Ships

Jul 28, 2015

Costa’s two new cruise ships will be the largest ever built based on guest capacity; Costa will join sister brand AIDA Cruises in building the first-ever cruise ships powered at sea by liquefied natural gas Carnival Corporation & plc today announced that its Italian brand…

Carrier for Kansai Electric Power Named LNG FUKUROKUJU

Jul 28, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today took part in a naming ceremony for the newbuilding liquefied natural gas carrier LNG FUKUROKUJU, which is co-owned by MOL and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. at Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd…

AAM, UNH in Vessel Design, Construction Pact

Jul 28, 2015

All American Marine, Inc.(AAM) together with the University of New Hampshire (UNH) are pleased to announce a contract for the design and construction of a new aluminum catamaran research vessel. All American Marine will build the 48’ x 17’ catamaran custom devised by Teknicraft Design…

Korean Shipyards in Troubled Water

Jul 28, 2015

Struggling with technology and a plunge in oil prices that has discouraged exploration, Korean vessel makers are racking up debt and could show billions of dollars in losses, reports Bloomberg. The Big Three shipbuilders in South Korea…

SBI Adds Business Development Director

Jul 27, 2015

SAFE Boats International (SBI) announced it has hired Paul Ouellette as its new business development director for the U.S. East. Ouellette joins SBI as a recently retired Major for the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)…

SENER Presents on History of Ship Design

Jul 27, 2015

The COMPIT annual edition took part this year from May 11-13 in Ulrichshusen, Germany, with the participation of SENER. This event is an International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries that takes place every year in Europe…

Largest Chinese-built Containership Delivered

Jul 27, 2015

Shipping group CMA CGM has taken delivery of the newbuild box ship CMA CGM Vasco de Gama [sic] on July 27. Built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), the 18,000 TEUs vessel is, with its 399 meters length and 54 meters width, is the…

Sainty Marine Chairman Resigns

Jul 27, 2015

The chairman of Shenzhen-listed Sainty Marine, Wang Shuhua has delivered his resignation amid  the company's deteriorating financial situation, according to an exchange filing. Wang, 48, took the helm as the president by the controlling shareholder of Sainty Marine…

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