Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has started sea trials of the Stena Pro Patria, the first methanol powered dual-fuel tanker constructed in China.

CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding signed contracts for six 174,000 cu m LNG carriers with Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK).

Set to be a key player in the Saudi offshore support vessel (OSV) market, the founders of jv the National Shipbuilding Industries Company (NISC) announced this week it had received its commercial registration.

The IMO’s drive to accelerate the maritime decarbonisation may well help in day-to-day carbon reduction but could stimulate demand for new ships later in the decade, including the energy and raw materials to build them.

Chinese shipyards’ newly received shipbuilding order volume was 9.93m dwt in the first quarter of 2022, declined 42.3% year-on-year.

Gram Car Carriers is to order four 7,000 CEU dual-fuel pure car carriers from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard with the options of another two plus two vessels.

Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine have reached agreement on a proposed merger that would focus on renewables and clean energy solutions in the offshore space.

We have covered a lot over the last month about the impact of the Shanghai lockdown on shipping, ports, logistics and shipyards. But just what is life like if the ship you work on has got stranded in a Shanghai shipyard mid-repair job?

As European owners struggle to find EU compliant ship recycling facilities an unexpected solution could come from the US where International Shipbreaking Ltd (ISL) has just completed processing its vessel from the region.

Large manufacturing companies based on Shanghai Changxing island, including the shipyards and equipment manufacturing bases, are planning to restart production.