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Capacity across big three shipbuilding nations leaps 20% in a year

July 25, 2024

Via: Splash 247

Across China, shipyards are expanding and churning out ships on a scale not seen since 2008. The shipyard sector has entered a new golden age after more than a decade’s slump following the global financial crisis. In terms of newbuilding […]


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US lawmakers mull port fee to fight China’s shipbuilding dominance

July 5, 2024

Via: Container News

A union proposal seeking to blunt China’s growing dominance in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors is finding bipartisan support among U.S. Congressional lawmakers, based on remarks made at a recent U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing. The Congressional hearing, […]


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South Korea’s shipbuilding orderbook surges to over $7 bln amid strong demand for high-end dual-fuel ships

February 21, 2023

Via: Offshore Energy

The country’s key ship manufacturers have secured over $7 billion in new orders since the beginning of this year. Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai, has won a colossal order for 12 […]


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Orange Marine to build new cable ship

December 2, 2020

Via: Offshore Energy

It will be the first cable ship of its generation specially designed for the maintenance of submarine cables, both fiber optic telecommunication cables and inter-array power cables used in offshore windfarms. The new vessel, will be ready to sail within […]


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CDB Leasing splashes $417.6 million on eight bulkers

May 5, 2020

Via: Offshore Energy

As disclosed in a stock exchange filing, two ships from the batch would be built by Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, while Yangzhou COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry and Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding would build three bulkers each. CDB said that the […]


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2017: A Golden Year for Cruise Shipbuilding

July 13, 2018

Via: World Maritime News

Last year was another golden year for the cruise shipbuilding sector, ASSONAVE, an association representing the majority of the Italian shipbuilding industry, said. The cruise sector closed 2017 with a high level of new orders — 23 ships of over […]