China’s Yangzijiang has won four new orders worth $102m for two LNG-tank carriers and two 56,000-dwt bulk carriers, bringing the shipbuilder’s total new orders so far in 2020 to $517m.
China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has secured new shipbuilding contracts for four 1,000-teu container feeders worth a total of RMB392m ($54.8m).
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has secured new orders for seven vessels with a total contract value of $360m during the first quarter of 2020, as the shipbuilding starts catching up on lost production time due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Japanese shipbuilding company Mitsui E&S Holdings is planning to close its Chiba shipyard and transfer part of its shipbuilding business to its shipyard in Jiangsu, China.
Navigation Maritime Bulgare has inked a contract with Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for the construction of up to six 31,800 dwt Great Lakes bulk carriers.