Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is to shift merchant ship construction from Japan to China and reduce the scale of its domestic business by 30% while trying to establish itself as a specialist for gas carriers and gas-powered vessels.
US-based Philly Shipyard (PSI) has delivered the American Freedom, the second of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers that the company is building for American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan.
Dutch shipping company Wijnne Barends, a part of the Spliethoff Group, has placed an order for the construction of six energy-efficient vessels at the Indian shipyard Chowgule & Company.
Miami-based expedition vessels provider SunStone Ships has reached an agreement with China Merchants Industry Holdings (CMIH) for the construction of up to ten expedition vessels.
South 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.
All over the world you will find that there are many different water environments which require different protective solutions for your boat. However, there are really only three basic water types, which are salt, fresh and brackish waters.
South 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.
The 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.
