ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES

Japanese Shipyard Expected To Integrate

Three Japanese shipbuilders are expected by the end of the week to sign an agreement to integrate their operations, Reuters reported. According to the report, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., (IHI) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd. are set to integrate operations in the general commercial vessel market. The combined annual revenue of the their ship businesses in fiscal 1999 totaled 308.5 billion yen, surpassing the 268.9 billion yen earned by leading Japanese shipbuilder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

Aker Solutions Removes EPC-LNG From Backlog

The $665m  EPC-LNG contract was awarded to the joint venture (50/50) between Aker Solutions (formerly Aker Kvaerner) and IHI, Inc. (formerly Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries) and announced in a stock exchange release 19 July 2006, pending the issue of a Full Notice to Proceed from Ingleside Energy Corporation. Not having received such a Notice to Proceed effects Aker Solutions' backlog by USD 330 million. As a result

Unithai Shipyard Has Four Vessels Under Repair

Thailand’s Unithai Shipyard & Engineering currently has four vessels undergoing repair - Technomar Shipping’s 33,185 dwt containership Kota Perwira, Ahrenkiel Shipmanagement’s 26,140 dwt bulk carrier Caria, the Almog, a general cargo vessel owned by Dynamic Shipping Services, and the Spar Cetus, a 45,146 dwt bulk carrier from Fleet Management. Unithai Shipyard has another four vessels scheduled to arrive throughout this month (May) - the Stolt Alliance, a 12

Report: S. Korea lags China, Japan in Shipyards

According to reports, South Korea fell behind China and Japan in the number of shipyards ranking in the world's top 50 in terms of order backlogs as of the end of May, although seven South Korean companies were No 1 through No 7, a London-based market research firm said. Fifteen Japanese shipyards and the same number of Chinese companies were included in the world's top 50 list, while only nine South Korean shipyards made it, Clarkson Plc. said.

Japanese Shipbuilders Warned Over Bid Rigging

According to a report from the Kyodo News Service, eight shipbuilders were warned by the government's competition policy watchdog over alleged bid rigging on defense contracts. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it issued the warning over what it deems were acts to unfairly restrict competition for contracts from the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) concerning the force's fleet between fiscal 1996 and fiscal 1999.

Japanese Yards Form Alliance

Three major Japanese shipbuilders are forming an alliance on commercial vessels and ocean engineering to survive competition with South Korean shipyards. The three firms -- Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd will cooperate on joint procurement of materials and design skills for building commercial vessels, aiming to cut production costs. They will decide in one or two years whether to spin off their divisions for

Daewoo Split: Painful But Necessary

The splitting of Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., the shipbuilding and machinery unit of South Korea's ailing Daewoo Group, into three firms should boost shareholder value, analysts said. A shareholders meeting earlier in the week approved a plan to split the company into Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., machinery maker Daewoo Heavy Industries and Machinery Ltd., with Daewoo Heavy Industries Co. taking the remaining operations

Japanese Shipbuilding Consolidation Is Imminent

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is said to be considering integrating its shipbuilding business with those of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. (IHI) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. A spokesman for Kawasaki Heavy, Japan's second-largest heavy machinery and shipbuilding firm, said it sees such consolidation as one option but no accord has been reached. Business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Wednesday that IHI and Kawasaki Heavy had reached a basic agreement to merge their

Wärtsilä Enjoys Good Success With Sulzer RTA84T's On Large Tankers

For the year 2000, Wärtsilä Corporation reports that 24 Sulzer RTA84T low-speed diesel engines with an aggregate power output of 713.4 MW (970,800 bhp) have been ordered for installation in very large tankers contracted at shipyards in China, Japan and South Korea. The engines will all be built by licensees of Wärtsilä in Japan and Korea. Altogether there are now 78 Sulzer RTA84T engines (including the -B and -D versions) delivered or on order, with a combined output of 2171.9 MW (2

OPK, Hyundai Heavy Industries Ink Shipbuilding Pact

On July 14, 2009, Yan Yanovsky, Managing Director and Member of the Boards of Directors of United Industrial Corporation (OPK) and B.T. Ahn, Executive vice-president of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed a cooperation agreement in the field of shipbuilding.  The main purpose of this agreement is to establish a cooperation which will include the mutual developing of shipbuilding projects, equipments and the designing of vessels.