Shipyard News

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — A groundbreaking ceremony today at Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyards, in North Vancouver marks a significant milestone in redevelopment of the shipyard into a world-class facility that will build a new generation of vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. Construction will result in the ...

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — More evidence, not that any was needed, of the  global shipbuilding demand downturn: Yonhap reports that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea's leading shipbuilder, said Thursday that its order intake in the first nine months of the year had dropped more than 40 percent, as the global economic downtu ...

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Representatives from Canadian short sea shipping specialist Oceanex Inc. were in Flensburg, Germany last week for the cutting of first steel for Oceanex Connaigra at shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. The newbuilding will be the largest Canadian flag container/roll on roll off (ConRo) ship. The twenty ...

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Singapore's Ezra Holdings has spun off its engineering and fabrication operations in Vietnam and Houston, Texas. Triyards Holdings Limited made its debut today on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange. Ezra Holdings distributed Triyards shares as dividends in specie to shareholders on ...

OCTOBER 17, 2012 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. has held a ceremonial keel laying today for the first of two Aframax tankers that are under construction for SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., Exxon Mobil Corporation's U.S. marine affiliate. The construction of the two tankers, ...

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — With orders for large bulk carriers and the like few and far between, hungry Chinese shipyards are turning their attention to what once might have seemed safe niche markets for more specialized yards. Evidence of this: Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder JES International reports that it has entered into a shipbuild ...

OCTOBER 5, 2012 — Austal has entered into agreements to substantially expand its capability in Darwin, Australia through the acquisition of Hydraulink NT and its associated business KM Engineering ("HKME"). In picture: HKME Directors Stuart Kenny (left) and Greg McKechnie (center) complete the agreement w ...

OCTOBER 2, 2012 — STX OSV Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of one cable laying vessel for an international client. The vessel will be of STX OSV's own CLV 01 design. Delivery is scheduled from STX OSV in Norway in the third quarter of 2014. The hull of the vessel ...