Author: Importer

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Japan's third-largest shipbuilder, delivered a VLOC (very large ore carrier) that will sail between Brazil and Japan, completing an order for one of the world's largest iron-ore…

The Ha Long Shipbuilding, part of the Vinashin group, has begun building a $50 million car carrier which can carry 4,900 CEUs, becoming the largest PCTC to be built in Vietnam. The…

Titisan Selatan Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian company which will be constructing the RM650 million ($196 million) shipbuilding yard for dredgers, is currently in talks with the Selangor government to lease a piece…

Qatar Gas Transport Co QGTS.QA (Nakilat) has awarded a $610.6 million contract to Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co to build a shipyard in Qatar according to a statement made by Daewoo. It…

Maersk Line in Denmark is planning changes to its Asia ? Europe network to improve reliability and save fuel. Among the steps to be taken will be slower sailing speeds on some…

The Malaysian shipbuilder Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) has received orders to build a yacht-hotel and two luxury yachts. BNS said Sunborn International from Finland had ordered a 141m-long vessel to…

Classification society ABS says it is seeing a resurgence of interest in floating solutions for the transportation of natural gas aimed at capturing ?stranded? gas reserves around the world. Although natural gas…

Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction has completed the first phase of its shipyard construction project in Subic, the Philippines. The Korean company began the project on a 2.3 million sq.m site in…