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

China is launching its first domestically built research icebreaker, Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, on Monday, and plans to officially put it into service in the first half of 2019, according to its builder. A launch ceremony for the vessel w

Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard (HPWS) announced that a 2,750 TEU feeder container ship for China Navigation will be the 200th DNV GL classified ship. A press release said that the cooperation between DNV GL and HPWS dates back to 1996 and covers

The production of Viking Lines new passenger cruise ship started at the Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry (XSI) shipyard in China. The first steel plates are being cut in the traditional Steel Cutting ceremony. The new vessel will be one of the

China COSCO Shipping Corp said that its unit, COSCO Shipping Container Lines, has taken delivery of the 20,000 TEU LNG-ready containership, COSCO Shipping Scorpio. The vessel has been build by Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) and

COSCO Shipping Container Lines has taken delivery of a 20,000 TEU containership built by Chinas Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co (NACKS). The newbuild has been named Cosco Shipping Scorpio. The box ship will be deployed on the Far East

Chinese bulk shipping operator Ningbo Runhua Marine has placed an order at Wuhu Shipyard for the construction of a 64,000 dwt ultramax bulk carrier. The vessel will be used for the companys domestic bulk shipping operations after delivery i