China’s New Dayang Shipbuilding inked shipbuilding contracts with two Chinese shipping companies, Taizhou Mingxing Shipping and Suzhou Xinxin Shipping, for the construction of two 59,990 dwt bulk carriers.

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group has clinched newbuilding orders totalling KRW266.6bn ($230m) for four MR tankers and one VLCC.

China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding received a contract for two 5,400 dwt bulk container vessels from P&O Maritime, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DP World.

CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding announced it has inked contract with Petronas for the construction of two LNG carriers.

Qatargas management team has visited China’s CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for potential cooperation on LNG carriers.

Oldendorff Carriers has planned a naming ceremony to take delivery of four new ships from Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding in March 2020.

Zhejiang Wuxing Logistics and Shanghai Zhixian Transportation Shipping have agreed to jointly invest in and construct four plus four LNG dual-fuel multi-purpose heavy lift carriers.

CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard inked contracts for two 98,000 cu m very large ethane carriers (VLECs) with Bocom Leasing Management Hong Kong and SPDB Financial Leasing.

The ultramax, the megamax, the kamsarmax. Not sure what to call a new ship type? Just take the word “max” and stick another word, or place name, in front of it and viola a new a vessel class is born.

Towards the end of last year Tsuneishi Shipbuilding delivered the 500th newbuilding in long running bulker range the Tsuneishi Economical Standard Ship (TESS).