Two people are being charged in South Korea in connection with the unauthorised transfer of classified information about the country’s submarines to contacts from overseas. The accused, both former employees of local shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (now Hanwha Ocean), are...
Driven both by concerns over Chinese maritime expansionism and desires to enhance national prestige, many Asian countries are acquiring diesel-electric powered attack submarines. Recent years have seen Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Philippines joining established submarine regional operators such as Japan and South Korea in either commissioning modern boats or enacting plans to […]
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Belgian construction company the DEME Group recently expanded its offshore installation fleet with the acquisition of a newbuild vessel boasting a 4,000-tonne crane capacity. Built by Taiwan’s CSBC Corporation to a design by Netherlands-based C-Job Naval Architects, Green Jade will perform installation of offshore wind turbine components in Taiwanese waters. DEME said it is the […]
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It’s all wind installation and support vessels for this week’s roundup as we cover deliveries to Taiwan, Japan, and the UK plus a refitting project on behalf of a US ..
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Construction is nearly completed on two new amphibious ships for the Turkish and Thai navies and Taiwan’s first locally built submarine is scheduled for initial tests b ..
Cable-laying activities are ongoing at two Dutch offshore wind farms while newly awarded contracts include those for turbine installation in Taiwan, site investigations i ..
New naval vessels have been delivered in Greece and Taiwan while a decommissioned Australian patrol boat is being repurposed for testing autonomous systems. Meanwhile, th ..
Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines has acquired four 3,000 TEU containerships from compatriot shipbuilder CSBC […]
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Taiwanese ship builder CSBC Corporation is almost done with securing a buyer or charterer for four 2,800 TEU container ships that it is constructing speculatively.
Work on the ships began on 30 December 2021 and CSBC chairman Cheng Wen-lon said on 3 January that the shipbuilder is negotiating with potential buyers and charterers. Newbuilding prices for boxships are firming and the market looks good, said Cheng.
In August 2021, CSBC decided to build the ships speculatively, banking on good demand...
https://container-news.com/csbc-corp-close-to-selling-or-chartering-new-container-ships/
Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation recently held a naming ceremony for the new container vessel YM Cooperation. Built by local shipyard CSBC Corporatio ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/yang-ming-names-newest-2800teu-ship/