Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering has entered into shipbuilding contract for six new 79,000dwt bulk carriers with domestic owner Jiuhua Shipping.

Oman shipyard Asyad Dry Dock is expanding its capacity by 20% with a new floating dock as its current facilities are fully utilised.

International measures such as carbon pricing are essential for the development of technology and infrastructure for zero carbon fuels for shipping, says ClassNK President and CEO Hiroaki Sakashita.

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) will order a mid, large or very large gas carrier from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) under a memorandum of understanding signed today.

The fourth episode of Restricted to Ship sees shipyard workers starting to return to the President Wilson as Shanghai moved to get major industries back to work in early May amid the Covid-19 lockdown.

ADNOC Logistics & Shopping (L&S) has upped the ante on earlier orders by adding three additional new-build LNG vessels to its portfolio, as demand for LNG around the world continues to grow.

China Merchants Bank (CMB) Financial Leasing has ordered four bulk carriers each at SUMEC and Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering,

There are how 805 LNG-fuelled ships in operation or on order, and 229 more ‘LNG-ready’ ships, according to the latest Alternative Fuels Insight from classification society, DNV.

Two plants designed to spur the development of shipbuilding through domestic Saudi steel production, with a combined value of $4.6bn, are to be set up at the King Salman Global Maritime Industries Complex.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has contracted its first containership newbuildings from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Nihon Shipyard Ltd.