Asia

Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry has signed contract with Raffles Shipping International for the construction of two 50,000 dwt product oil/chemical tankers.

During the first eight months, China’s shipbuilding output, newly received orders and orders in hand all declined.

Mermaid Maritime will enter into a joint venture with Meitech Offshore Engineering (MOE) to boost their capabilities in offshore transport, installation and decommissioning in Thailand.

Crew changes on ships at Vizhinjam port, on the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula, have been stalled by the muscle power displayed by a local steamer agent, which has set up its own association to carve out a monopoly on the activity.

Japan’s first LNG bunker tanker was named at Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) on Wednesday.

A Sincere Industrial bulker has become the latest vessel to banned from calling Australia over unpaid wages in breach of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).

ASRY (Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard) has inked an agreement with AMS to be its exclusive agent in Singapore and Hong Kong.

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC) have jointly contributed $500,000 to a Singapore fund to support countries in best practices for crew change.

The subsidiaries of Thailand’s Mermaid Maritime and AI and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) will set up a joint venture firm to develop robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technology for use in commercial subsea engineering services.

CSSC Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding’s unit Huarun Dadong shipyard has delivered China’s fist LNG carrier to FSRU conversion for GoIar LNG.