Korean yards set to dominate shipbuilding after merger:
http://www.shippingherald.com/koreas-mega-merger-of-shipyards-set-to-dominate-global-shipbuilding/
New factory long liners being built in Russia for domestic owners:
http://en.portnews.ru/news/271533/
These are designed by Marin Teknikk:
UPDATE:
Sembcorp Marine to shut Tg.Kling Yard 4 years ahead of schedule:
That is their main repair yard for very large vessels, but also involved in outfitting of FPSOs and Semisubs etc.
PS> Not the yard shown on the picture, which is Sembawang yard (Former British Naval Yard)
Keppel O&M has found a way to deliver the newbuilt J/U Cantarell IV to Grupo R, Mexico:
She will be loaded on the HLV Transshelf one of the nearest days for transport to Mexico.
PS> My last assignment before leaving Singapore was to plan and prepare for the loading of Cantarell 1 & 2 on a COSCO HLV. (Not completed due to their financial problems)
UPDATE:
Steel cutting ceremony for a new cable layer for Nexan at the Crist hull building yard in Poland:
https://www.nexans.com/newsroom/news/details/2019/02/Major-milestone-passed-for-Nexans’-cable-laying-vessel-Aurora.html
The outfitting will be at Ulstein yard in Norway.
Note: Design is by Skipsteknisk, not Ulstein Solutions.(No X-Bow)
UPDATE:
The first of three Expedition Cruise ship for Hapag-Lloyd is scheduled to be delivered from Vard Langstein this April.
One novelty these ships will have is a Study Wall:
UPDATE:
Royal Arctic Lines, has returned to Havyard for design of two more vessels for their Greenland coastal trade:
http://www.maritimedenmark.dk/Print.asp?Id=19918
UPDATE:
Ulstein design is now leading the pack for Expedition Cruise ships:
Ulstein Bags Order For 12 Vessels
You may as well get used to the X-Bow feature, there will be many more of it to be seen on all types of vessels.
UPDATE:
A new top modern Pelagic Seiner/Trawler has been delivered from Westcon to a Scottish Owner:
Note especially the bridge equipment, with large (55") LED touch screens to display anything and everything in, on, below or around the vessel.
The chairs are also a far cry from the the high wooden “Pilot chair” that was lashed in a corner so nobody should be tempted to sit down during their watch.
Another view from the bridge:
Trawl winch control position:
Big screens:
PS> Don’t know if touch screen is any real use in this case.
PPS> Hope they remember to look out the window once in a while.
UPDATE:
The first of a new type of LNG/LEG Carriers have been named in China:
It is fitted with a new and innovative containment system called LNT A-BOX.
If you, like me, wondered what that means, here is the explanation:
Maersk order 10 new feeders in China:
Note that they will be classed by CCS nor LR that is normal for Maersk.
Crew quarters for 10 men, but how many crew will Vane actually put on her? 5 or 6 men?
A different kind of shipyard news; traditional boat building in Thailand:
And then 6 of the Ulstein designed Expedition Cruise boats for SunStone has been confirmed:
http://en.portnews.ru/news/276239/
4 to go.
Can British shipbuilding be revived??:
https://www.mpropulsion.com/news/view,merseyside-yard-plots-british-shipbuilding-revival_57656.htm
First LNG powered Megamax Container ship has been launch:
The first in a series of 9 to be built for CMA CGM.
Saudi Arabia is gearing up to build VLCCs at own yard on Saudi soil:
Vard to build a large cable layer for an Italian company Prysmanian Group:
https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/10/24/rina-classes-prysmians-new-cable-layer/
Does old fashion thinking hinder innovation in shipping:
Now we are talking both technical and business side of shipping.
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Navbulgar to build six Great Lakes bulkers for delivery in 2021 and 2022:
A newbuilt floating dock from China has arrived at a shipyard in Cuba:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinese-built-floating-dry-dock-to-boost-cuban-shipping-industry/
The dock is 220-meter-long and 48-meter-wide and can accommodate ships up to 65,000 displacement tons.
Thun Tank has taken delivery of the 4th high tech/high quality product tanker of the L class:
Homeport originally was Lidköping in Sweden but it has changed to Delfzijl here in the northern Netherlands.
Aha, gone FOC in other words!!!
Not everybody is looking at short term market outlook.
Qatar order 15 new LNG carriers from Chinese shipyard: