Dry bulk shipowner Diana Shipping Inc. recently signed, through separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, two shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Company, Limited and Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd, for the construction of two
Jacques de Chateauvieux controlled Jaccar Holdings is to develop its shipowning and operating activities in the gas and dry bulk sectors. Its fully owned Singapore subsidiary Greenship Holdings has set up two
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has signed a joint-development agreement with Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. of China under which MHI will provide technological support to Sinopacific in the area of commercial
Athens-headquartered Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ: SBLK) reports that one of its vessels, the 179,546 dwt Capesize bulk carrier STAR POLARIS, sustained bottom damage when entering the port of Eregli, Turkey. Following
Over the years, Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has invested in research and development to reduce the environmental footprint of its shipping activities. Now, MOL recently announced that it has ordered a
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has ordered a 209,000 dwt cape-size bulker at Universal Shipbuilding Corporation. Slated for completion in late 2014, the ship will incorporate key technologies from MOL’s next-generation ISHIN-III
Deltamarin has signed an agreement with China’s Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., part of the CSIC Group, for the design of four very low fuel consumption handysize bulk carriers. The
China’s COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co. Ltd.,a subsidiary of , COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued at over $68 million to build two ) 82,000 dwt dry bulk carriers.
Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has taken this year’s order intake past the $12.5 billion dollar mark by booking contracts worth around $400 million for two 170,000 cu.m LNG tankers for
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) has placed an order with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation for the construction of three new 95,000 dwt post-Panamax dry-bulk oceangoing vessels, which will increase the
