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07 Mar 2018

Germany and Greece: Worst Vessel Dumpers

As in 2016, Germany and Greece top the list of country dumpers in 2017, according to new data released today by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform. German owners, including banks and ship funds, beached 50 vessels out of a total of 53 sold for demolition. Greek owners were responsible for the highest absolute number of ships sold to South Asian shipbreaking yards in 2017: 51 ships in total. Since the Platform’s first compilation of data in 2009, Greek shipping companies have unceasingly topped the list of owners that opt for dirty and dangerous shipbreaking. Despite increased pressure for safe and clean ship recycling from Norwegian investors and authorities, in 2017, the number of Norwegian-owned ships scrapped on the beach was on the rise: 18 ended up in Alang, Gadani and Chittagong.

12 Nov 2015

ICBC Signs Financing Deal with F.Laeisz

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has signed a financing agreement with Germany shipping company F.Laeisz GmbH. Under the agreement, the ICBC will provide 65 million U.S. dollars in export buyer's credit for F.Laeisz GmbH's project of upgrading two vehicle ro-ro ships at COSCO Shipyard in Dalian. This is another financing deal the ICBC signed with a Germany shipping company after it agreed to provide financing support for Peter Dohle last month. An executive at the ICBC said shipping industry is highly cyclical and many Germany shipping companies have looked into Chinese market in the new prosperity cycle. ICBC is a Chinese multinational banking company, and the largest bank in the world by total assets and by market capitalization.

18 Aug 2014

Sperry Navigation Systems for 7 Bulk Carriers

Jeanne Usher, managing director, Sperry Marine business unit, Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by Peter Dohle Schiffahrts-KG to supply the Integrated Bridge Systems, including navigation, voyage data recorders and radio systems, to seven new bulk carrier ships. Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit will supply the equipment to Jiangsu Hantong Shipyard in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. The full Integrated Bridge System package will include VisionMaster FT Radars, VisionMaster FT ECDIS, Magnetic Compass System, Echosounder…

30 Jul 2013

Latest Global Shipbuilding Orders

Photo courtesy of COSCO Nantong Shipyard

Clarkson Hellas S+P Weekly bulletin reports a relatively active week of newbuildings, with a notable number of new orders, although none in the tankship market. Dry bulk carrier sector: In particular this week Clarkson Hellas has seen further ordering in the mid‐sized dry sector and very much focussed on Ultramax. Starting with the larger sizes, Great Eastern Shipping of India were reported to have placed an order for two firm 81,600 DWT Kamsarmax at Tsuneishi Cebu. Pricing for these orders remains undisclosed however but understand delivery of both vessels is due in the first half of 2016.

03 Oct 2012

Dr. Henry Chen Chief Naval Architect, Jeppesen

The term “Fleet Optimization” means many things to many people. What does it mean to you? Dr. Chen Fleet Optimization encompasses many aspects of shipping operations ranging from finding the best deployments and schedules for maximizing the fleet revenue/profit to minimizing total fuel consumption on a particular passage given the loading conditions and forecast weather to arrive on-time. Historically, such decisions are derived from years of experiences with hit or miss results.

14 Aug 2012

Clay Maitland to Keynote SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference

Clay Maitland, founding chairman of the North American Maritime Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA)

Joins More than 30 International Maritime Industry Speakers. Clay Maitland, managing partner of International Registries, Inc., which administers the Marshall Islands Ship Registry, the third largest registry in the world, will be the keynote speaker at the SHIPPINGInsight 2012 Fleet Optimization Conference, Oct. 8-10 in Stamford, Conn. As keynoter, Maitland, a distinguished veteran in the shipping industry, will set the tone in addressing the challenges and solutions for improving ship efficiency and fleet operations – the central theme of the conference.

24 Jun 2011

Yangzijiang to Build 8 Container Ships

According to a report from Channel News Asia, Singapore-listed shipbuilder Yangzijiang said its unit, Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co, has entered into an agreement to build eight container ships for German firm Peter Dohle.    Source: Channel News Asia

10 Feb 2004

News: China Preps To Take World Lead

Rapidly rising prices for steel plate in China may be taking the edge off the financial performance at some Chinese shipbuilders. But it will take a lot more than that to undermine shipyards' dramatic expansion plans aimed at ensuring the country's builders produce more ships than any other nation by 2015. In the short run, however, the country's relatively inexperienced builders seem to have failed to read the steel supply signs. They have found themselves caught out by a number of factors driving up ship steel prices. These have risen by almost 60% over the last 30 months or so and now stand close to $400 a ton. On the one hand, soaring…

01 Oct 1999

Polish Shipyard Gets Orders For Seven Ships

Poland's Szczecin shipyard has reportedly signed a contract for seven container vessels ordered jointly by Chilean firm Compania Chilena Sud America de Vapores (CSAV) and German company Peter Dohle Schiffahrtskontor GmbH&Co (PDS). Sobecki officials did not give the value of the contract, saying only the shipyard has contracts for 38 different vessels to be delivered by 2002, with a total value of $1.35 billion.