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Intermanager president Gerardo Borromeo warns of a “spectre of uncertainty” caused by newbuilding orders despite the recent improvement in shipping markets.

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Precious Shipping is splashing out $198m on eight bulker newbuildings in China.

The final investment decision has been taken on the Yamal LNG Project in Russia’s far north heralding the construction of up to 16 ice-class LNG carriers to transport natural gas from the plant.

Some 25% of Chinese shipbuilding capacity is expected to close in the next 24 months as the industry continues to grapple with oversupply according to DVB Shipping Research.

Newly Singapore-listed Pacific Radiance has taken up options for two additional PSVs to be built in China.

Jiangsu Changrong Steel has become the fourth ship recycling facility in the world to earn Hong Kong Convention certification, after ClassNK issued a Statement of Compliance.

A focus on research and development (R&D), continual refinement of technology and greater innovations are increasingly seen as being the tools required to take on the challenges of the global shipping and maritime industry.

Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) plans to build three tankers and a supply ship and a tuna fishing boat in 2014 at the Barreras shipyard in Vigo, a city in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, spending a total of EUR300m ($410m) on the vessels...