German ferry operator TT-Line has signed a construction contract with the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Jinling for the construction of an LNG-powered RoPax ferry. The company said the planned delivery for the newbuild is 2022 with an option to

Singapore-based First Ship Lease Trust (FSL Trust) Management has entered into a letter of intent with Chinas Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) to order two LR2 product tankers, fitted with scrubbers, for around $97.2m. The two 114,0

A new and luxury ro-ro passenger vessel built by Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd for Swedish company Rederi AB Gotland was named VISBORG in a naming ceremony in Guangdong provincial capital on Saturday. We Rederi AB Gotland are

The worlds first Arctic condensate tanker was named and delivered in Guangzhou City of south Chinas Guangdong Province on Tuesday. The vessel, named Boris Sokolov, was built for a Greek company by Guangzhou Shipyard International Co., Ltd.

The worlds first intelligent very large ore carrier (iVLOC), the DNV GL-classed Pacific Vision, was delivered by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard to China Merchants Energy Shipping Company. Norway-headquartered international accredited registra

PaxOceans Zhoushan Shipyard has delivered a 26,000m3 floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Karunia Dewata to Indonesia-based Jaya Samudra Karunia (JSK). The FSRU is the largest to be built in China and will be capable of regasifyi

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has completed the seven-day sea trials of a new 20,000TEU container ship built for China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (Cosco). The vessel is the third 20,000TEU ship delivered by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has inked a contract with Chinas Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding to fit 29 of its containerships with scrubbers. The installation work by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) affiliate will comm

Guangzhou Shipyard International Co Ltd signed a contract with Algerias state-owned shipping company Algerie Ferries at the weekend to build a luxury roll-on/roll-off passenger ship in Guangdongs provincial capital. The ship will have a cap

Taiwans Keelung-based Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp (Yang Ming) has launched its new 14,000-TEU YM Wellbeing container vessel built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co at a naming ceremony at Imabari Hiroshima Shipyard this week. The newbuild is t

Shanghai-Headquartered Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a wholly owned subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered a 14,500-TEU container ship to Cosco Shipping. The ship, named Cosco Shipping Andes, is the final of a ser

Researchers from Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences are building the countrys two largest marine fisheries research vessels. The main bodies of the two vessels, namely Lanhai (Blue Ocean) 101 and Lanhai 201, were completed Wednesday in Sha

Construction began on a world-class offshore salvage vessel in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao on Saturday and was hailed by Chinese experts as a milestone in the countrys deep sea exploration development. The 13,280-ton, 177.1-meter sh

Shanghai Changjiang Shipping, a subsidiary of Sinotrans CSC, has ordered one 1,140-TEU feeder vessel from Wuhu Jiangdong Shipyard. The vessel is slated for delivery in 2020. The shipping line mainly operates domestic river and coastal shipp

Massive vessels, the biggest in world, will be able to carry 23,000 containers China is building the worlds largest container ships, each of which will be able to carry more than 23,000 standard containers, which together can hold, for exam