Frances Total and Guanghui Energy, a China-based company, principally engaged in the natural gas and coal business, have signed a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for the supply of 0.7 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Wuxi Shipyard delivered the ship-assist tug Lima, a Robert Allan RAmparts 2400-W design to TRAMARSA, a maritime and port operations company in Peru. The new vessel is named after the Lima Civilization, which was

Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration signed a contract for Chinas first 10,000 ton-class maritime patrol vessel on Tuesday, which experts said could sail the high seas and provide assistance to Chinese and foreign ships in need. Under t

Rodolphe Saad, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, signed today two strategic agreements with Lei Fanpei, Chairman of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), in the p

United European Car Carriers (UECC) has signed a contract to construct two new generation pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) with China Ship Building Trading Co., Ltd and Jiangnan Shipyard Group Co. Ltd. The newbuilding contract also has optio

Singapore-based vessel owner and operator Berge Bulk has received the 300,000 DWT bulk carrier Berge Logan, which was built at Chinas Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI). The 327-meter-long very large ore carrier (VLOC) is the largest bu

Chinas state-run feeder boxship operator Hunan Ocean Container Lines has placed an order at Hunan Jinhang Shipbuilding for the construction of two 635 TEU box ships. The two vessels will be equipped with LNG/diesel dual fuel engine and will

On the morning of 12 March, the launching ceremony of the Expedition Cruise Vessel No.1 Steel Cutting Ceremony of the Expedition Cruise Vessel No.3 of China Merchants Industry Holdings CO.,LTD was successfully held in Haimen, Jiangsu provin

Japanese public multinational corporation Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has completed the construction of a new dock in northeast China, as the company streamlines costs amid competition from South Korean rivals. According to a press note

Resulting entity would control about 20 pct of global market; Daewoo shares rally 22 pct; Hyundai Heavy shares fall. Hyundai Heavy Industries, the worlds biggest shipbuilding group, has announced a share swap deal worth 2.1 trillion won ($1

The worlds biggest shipbuilder sees Chinas cleanup of its smoggy skies lifting prices of the vessels this year. As China prioritizes dealing with the smog that has famously blanketed Beijing and other big cities, the worlds second-biggest e

China maintained its top position in the global shipbuilding industry last year, an association said. In 2018, Chinese companies built 43.2 percent of the new ships in the world, up from 41.9 percent a year ago, cementing the countrys leadi

French shipping giant CMA CGM and OOCL, now owned by Cosco, have been linked to this weeks reports that they are planning to order large containerships. Singapores Splash247 quotes a weekly report from Braemar ACM shipbroking as saying CMA

Chinas first support ship customized for the domestically developed 10,000-meter-deep manned submersible was launched in Mawei District of Fuzhou City in east Chinas Fujian Province on Sunday. The ship has a total length of 87.2 meters, a w

Danish shipping conglomerate A.P. M?ller Maersk A/S has taken delivery of Vilnia Maersk, a 3,600 TEU containership, from COSCO Zhoushan Shipyard. According to a stock exchange annoucement, Shanghai NSE supplied main switchboard for the vess