On September 6, China Merchants Industry Holdings successfully held the christening and delivery ceremony for Chinas first expedition cruise ship and foundation laying ceremony for cruise shipbuilding base. The Cruise No.1 delivered this ti

Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd, a subsidiary of State-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, the countrys primary contractor for its naval force, will shift its focus from building conventional ships to high value-added vessels to cas

NYK Bulk Projects Carriers, an NYK Group company, has signed the contract with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard for the construction of two next-generation heavy-lift vessels. NYK said on Monday that each vessel would be equipped with two 400-ton c

The new vessel Sansha II completed its maiden voyage from the city of Wenchang, Hainan Province, to Chinas southernmost island city of Sansha where it will serve. Sansha II, 128m long and 20.4m wide, can cover all waters in the South China

A new luxury ro-ro passenger vessel built by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd for Sansha city in South Chinas Hainan province was officially delivered for use after a signing ceremony was held in Hainans Wenchang city on Wednesd

Mega shipyard mergers in South Korea and China are forging a new reality in the industrial sector that underpins the global shipping industry. South Koreas merger of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co

A methanol-fueled ship, believed to be the first in the country, was launched in Zhongshan, South Chinas Guangdong province, on Tuesday. The vessel measures 40 meters in length and 8 meters in width, and weighs about 172 metric tons, report

Chinas accomplished shipbuilding output in the first half of this year stood at 19.66 million deadweight tonnes, up 4.2 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Over the same period, China rece

Chinas second - and the first domestically built - research icebreaker, Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, entered service in Shanghai on Thursday. The ship was delivered to its user - the Polar Research Institute of China under the Ministry of N

Hongkong Salvage Towage, a division of HUD Group, has added two new high-performance tugs to their fleet. The Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200 Class vessels, MAI PO and SUNG KONG are the most powerful harbour tugs operating in Hong Ko

China delivered its first intelligent very large crude carrier (VLCC) in Dalian, northeast Liaoning Province, on Saturday. The VLCC, named New Journey, is also the worlds first smart VLCC with a loading capacity of 308,000 tons. Its more th

The global first intelligent No.82 VLCC (308,000 DWT), constructed for China Merchants Steamship (CMES) by DSIC delivered successfully on June 22, 2019 in Dalian. Captain Xie, the Chairman of DMES named the ship New Journey. During sea tria

Chinas first large-scale, domestically designed and independently built woodchip carrier has been successfully delivered to its client. The 64,000-ton vessel, called MATER, is manufactured by Chengxi Shipyard Co Ltd in Jiangyin city, East C

China launched a new deep-ocean scientific research ship, the Dongfanghong No. 3, from Shanghais Jiangnan Shipyard on Thursday. The 103-meter-long, 18-meter-wide research ship with a displacement of 5,800 tons has a maximum speed of 15 knot

Chinese shipyards seem to be dominating the current global ship repair industry, with eight ranking among the worlds top 10 ship repairers in business volume this year, according to the latest data from authoritative global research firm Cl