The nation’s big three shipbuilders are scrambling to secure more deals to overcome a series of skeptical outlooks on their 2019 earnings as the end of the year is nearing. The three shipbuilders are Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Samsung Heavy...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipbuilders-scramble-to-achieve-annual-targets/
2020 Bulkers enters into a time charter agreement for one of its Capesize newbuilds with a subsidiary of Glencore.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/284633/2020-bulkers-secures-work-for-another-newbuild/
South Korean shippers are considering joining hands to win massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation orders to be placed by Qatar, industry sources said Sunday. Five bulkers — reportedly Korea Line Corp., Pan Ocean Co., SK Shipping Co., Hyundai LNG Shipping Co. and H-Line Shipping Co. —...
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Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri cut the first steel today for Cunard’s newest ship.
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries has won a contract to construct a 300,000 dwt very large crude carrier.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/284566/hyundai-samho-clinches-deal-for-vlcc/
Maersk Tankers is nearing the completion of its MR fleet renewal program.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/284535/maersk-tankers-names-18th-mr-unit/
Unionized workers at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., an affiliate of South Korea’s shipbuilding conglomerate Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, on Friday staged a strike for higher wages and better working conditions for the first time in 23 years. The union, which represents some 2,000 workers, launched a...
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co., a local shipbuilder, said Thursday it has won a 112.7 billion-won (US$94 million) order to build a very large crude carrier (VLCC). Under the deal with a European shipper, Hyundai Samho will deliver the vessel with a 300,000-deadweight ton (DWT) VLCC by March 31,...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/hyundai-heavy-unit-wins-113-bln-won-crude-carrier-order/
