Shipyards

The maritime industry in Turkey is no different to the rest of the world in having been badly impacted by the pandemic but is well placed to “bounce back” afterwards, according to Dr Şadan Kaptanoğlu, BIMCO president and ceo of HI Kaptanoğlu...

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced plans to merge its shipbuilding and offshore units to streamline operations by 20%, reports said.

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.

CSSC Holdings, the listed unit of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has appointed Zhang Yingdai as its new chairman.

Amid the continued depressed international shipping market, the drop in demand for newbuildings has resulted in the decline of the three major shipbuilding indexes of China declined for the first five months of the year.

Zhoushan Ningshing Shipbuilding has opened for business and will be a unit of Ningbo Ningshing Holdings focusing on shipbuilding and repair business.

Dr Martin Stopford was able to elaborate on his recent whitepaper ‘Three Maritime Scenarios 2020 – 2050: Coronavirus, Climate Change & Smart Shipping’ as keynote speaker in the first of a series of Innovation Webinars organised by Marintec China...

The China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) has appointed Li Yanqing as its new secretary general.

Japanese engine and powerplant specialist Diesel United has entered into a service agreement with UAE-based marine and industrial engineering firm NICO International.

Singapore rigbuilder Keppel FELS has rejected allegations by Awilco Drilling that it breached terms under the construction contract for the semi-submersible newbuild Nordic Winter which the drilling company has terminated.