Shipbuilding News
- China to Build Four More Vessels for Dutch Thun TankersDutch coastal shipping company Thun Tankers, part of the Gothia Tanker Alliance, has contracted four 17,500 dwt IMO II product/chemical tankers to be built at China’s Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding.Shipbuilding News April 24, 2017
- Viking Line Places Conditional Cruiseferry Order with XiamenFinland-based ferry company Viking Line signed a conditional shipbuilding contract with China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry for a new passenger cruise ship, with an option for an additional vessel.Shipbuilding News April 05, 2017
- SHI Completes World’s Largest Boxship-20,150 TEU MOL TriumphSouth Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) held a naming ceremony today at its Geoje shipyard for the largest containership built so far, thus breaking global shipbuilding records.Shipbuilding News March 16, 2017
- Spliethoff Orders Six Multipurpose Ships in ChinaAmsterdam-based shipping company Spliethoff has ordered six multipurpose vessels from Chinese shipbuilder Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding.Shipbuilding News March 13, 2017
- DSME Clinches Order for Up to Four LNG CarriersSouth Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has received a contract to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for an undisclosed Marshall Islands-based shipowner.Shipbuilding News March 02, 2017
- Kleven Maritime Starts Building Hurtigruten’s Hybrid Cruise ShipThe first steel has been cut for MS Roald Amundsen, a hybrid-powered cruise ship ordered by Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten, at Kleven Yards on the western coast of Norway.Shipbuilding News February 28, 2017
- BC Ferries’ 2nd Salish Ferry Sets Sail for British ColumbiaThe second of three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) -powered Salish Class vessels, ordered by Canadian ferry owner and operator BC Ferries, departed Gdansk, Poland on February 11 bound for its new home in British Columbia.Shipbuilding News February 16, 2017
- Norwegian Solvang to Order up to Four Ethylene CarriersNorwegian transporter of LPG and petrochemical gases Solvang Shipping has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the construction of up to four ethylene carriers with South Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.Shipbuilding News February 18, 2017
- Ninth 14,000 TEU SAVER Handed Over to SeaspanHong Kong-based containership manager and owner Seaspan Corporation has taken delivery of YM Wind, a 14,000 TEU newbuilding, from Taiwanese CSBC Corporation.Shipbuilding News May 26, 2017
- First Cyber SAFE Certified Ships DeliveredThe first ships to be classed with Lloyd’s Register’s cyber notations have been delivered to Global United Gas Carriers in Korea.Shipbuilding News May 30, 2017