Greek tanker owner Pleiades Shipping is pressing ahead with its fleet rejuvenation programme with three additional LR1 newbuilds in China. The Kifissia-based company has revealed a 73,000 dwt trio booked at New Times Shipbuilding for delivery in 2028. Last October, brokers reported a deal for two...
https://splash247.com/pleiades-swells-lr1-orders-at-new-times/
Johnnie / MarineTraffic La empresa Young Honest Shipping, registrada en Hong Kong, se ha convertido en la compradora del primer VLCC antiguo vendido este año. Young Honest ha comprado el vehículo de 20 años y 308.800 TPM equipado con fregadora rolin de Viet My Petrol Transportation con corredores...
https://fullavantenews.com/los-precios-del-vlcc-antiguo-caen/?lang=es
La empresa china Zhejiang Zheshang Financial Leasing ha contratado dos nuevos buques graneleros ultramax en el astillero connacional Jiangsu Soho Chuangke Shipbuilding. Las unidades de 63.500 TPM cuestan entre 34 y 35 millones de dólares cada una, y su entrega está prevista para 2027. El pedido...
China’s Zhejiang Zheshang Financial Leasing has contracted two ultramax bulk carrier newbuilds at compatriot yard Jiangsu Soho Chuangke Shipbuilding. The 63,500 dwt units cost between $34m and $35m each, with delivery set for 2027. The order is backed by a bareboat charter to the Singapore-based...
https://splash247.com/zhejiang-zheshang-financial-signs-for-bulker-brace-at-jiangsu-soho-chuangke/
China’s commerce ministry on Friday dismissed a US investigation targeting China’s shipbuilding, maritime and logistics sectors, describing it as marked by “unilateralism and protectionism”. The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office on Thursday said it has found China’s targeted dominance of the...
https://splash247.com/beijing-dismisses-us-shipbuilding-probe/
China has been pushed even more into the centre of cable-cutting incidents around the world after it emerged that a team of engineers at Lishui University developed a “dragging type submarine cable-cutting device” back in 2020. According to Newsweek’s review of Chinese-language patent applications,...
https://splash247.com/chinese-anchor-like-device-to-cut-cables-makes-headlines/
China’s Wuhu Shipyard has partnered up with two domestic financial leasing players to jointly work on new projects potentially worth more than RMB30bn ($4.1bn). The largest shipbuilding enterprise in Anhui province, formerly known as Fujiheng Machinery Plant, has penned a collaboration agreement...
https://splash247.com/wuhu-shipyard-in-4bn-tie-up-with-compatriot-leasing-duo/
Multiple brokers are reporting China’s Kawa Shipping has ordered its first newbuilds, signing for three 4,800 teu ships at Wuhu Shipyard. Alphaliner has put a price tag of $60m per ship with the dual-fuel LNG vessels due for delivery in 2027. The emerging new Chinese owner, whose fleet currently...
In Asia and Europe, authorities are taking action, trying to crack down on ships taking out critical subsea infrastructure. NATO secretary-general, Mark Rutte co-hosted a summit of Baltic Sea allies yesterday launching new military activity in the region to protect critical infrastructure...
https://splash247.com/nato-baltic-states-and-taiwan-to-clamp-down-on-cable-cutters/
The Dali, responsible for last year’s most high-profile shipping accident, is back trading again. Fujian Huadong Shipyard in China managed to complete repairs to the vessel 10 days ahead of schedule with the boxship leaving the yard for onward trading on Sunday, The ship, which took out...
https://splash247.com/dali-heads-back-to-sea-as-repairs-are-completed-ahead-of-schedule/