Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan has got series shipbuilding down to a fine art, reportedly setting a world record for the speed with which it is assembling ships this year. In the coming fortnight, the subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries will deliver three more gearless bangkokmax 1,809 tea...
https://splash247.com/hyundai-mipo-sets-peacetime-shipbuilding-record-with-kmtc-deliveries/
Japanese shipping major has been working with domestic shipyards to come up with a next generation coal carrier design that features no ballast holds and uniquely shaped cargo holds. The 89,900 dwt EeneX design features a double hull, which allows for cargo holds with completely flat sides and...
Indian owner Seven Islands Shipping buying spree continues, completing its fourth purchase this year. More ships are in the pipeline, as the company is inspecting ships attempting to live up to a recently won award, bestowed with the honour of Highest Growth of Indian Flag Vessels at the recent...
https://splash247.com/seven-islands-takes-seventh-mr-in-just-18-months/
Malaysia’s Yinson has sealed an extension with Addax Petroleum Development for 1985-built FPSO . The extension comes into effect retrospectively from October 17, 2018 and is for a period of four years. The value of the contract extension from June 187, 2019 is estimated at $137.5m. The FPSO’s...
https://splash247.com/yinson-fpso-gets-four-year-extension-in-nigeria/
China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) announced that, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a subsidiary of CCCC, is to invest in the Laem Chabang Port Phase 3, terminal F project in Thailand.
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) is forming a ro-ro shipping joint venture with a unit oChina Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) is forming a ro-ro shipping joint venture with a unit of Guangzhou Automobile Group.
http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/china-merchants-energy-shipping-in-ro-ro-jv.html
Chinese new energy firm Zhongneng and Singapore’s precision aluminum product manufacturer AEI Corporation have entered into a framework agreement for the proposed collaboration on LNG business along Yangtze River. Under the agreement, Zhongneng will appoint AEI to act as its agent to purchase up to...
https://splash247.com/zhongneng-and-aei-to-form-lng-partnership/
Malaysia’s Perisai Offshore has secured a letter of award from Petronas for the provision of jackup rig for the Samarang drilling campaign. The contract is estimated to commence from between August and September, with five wells to be completed in 200 days. The estimated value of the contract is...
https://splash247.com/perisai-offshore-secures-rig-contract-from-petronas/
China’s east port of Dongying is to build two new 100,000 tonne (aframax) liquid bulk cargo berths at Dongying port area, Shandong province.
http://www.seatrade-maritime.com/news/asia/dongying-port-to-add-two-aframax-tanker-berths.html
Arne Fredly’s new VLCC unit Hunter Group has announced that it has signed a memorandum of agreement with Far Eastern buyers to sell one of the its 10 new builds at a price of $98m. The vessel will be deliver to the buyer on October 31. Splash can exclusively reveal that the buyer is South […]
https://splash247.com/sk-shipping-pays-very-firm-98m-for-hunter-vlcc-newbuild/