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25 dead in bulker blaze at Chinese shipyard
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (297+ words) Twenty-five people have died after a fire broke out on a bulk carrier undergoing repairs at CSSC-controlled Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding in eastern China on Thursday. The fire started at around 11.15 am local time while the foreign-flagged vessel was being overhauled…...
New Fortress scraps former Seadrill semisub pair after FLNG plans fade
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (413+ words) New Fortress Energy has sold two former Seadrill cylindrical semisubs for demolition, ending a four-year effort to repurpose the pair as floating LNG liquefaction facilities. VesselsValue’s latest demolition data lists the 2009-built Sevan Driller and 2012-built Sevan Brasil as sold…...
Schoeller doubles down at Chengxi with $180m MR quartet
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (270+ words) Schoeller Holdings has returned to China’s Chengxi Shipyard for another four MR product tankers, doubling its 50,000 dwt series at the CSSC yard just months after completing deliveries of the first batch. Newbuilding sources put the latest quartet at $45m per vessel,…...
Enter the gigamax: Alphaliner makes the case for 27,500 teu ships
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (346+ words) For a decade the 24,000 teu megamax has looked like the natural ceiling for containership size. Analysts at Alphaliner now believe the industry could be ready to break through it. The consultancy has revived a concept it first floated in 2021 for…...
GSD adds another Japanese bulker newbuild
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (242+ words) The Istanbul-listed group said its Marshall Islands-based subsidiary Lena Maritime signed the deal with Laurel World Maritime, a subsidiary of Japanese trading house Itochu Corporation. The ship will be built within the Nihon Shipyard group, with Itochu acting as guarantor....
Venergy firms Hengli suezmax options as orderbook hits 30
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (225+ words) Greek owner Venergy Maritime has firmed two more suezmax newbuildings at China’s Hengli Shipbuilding, taking its series at the Dalian yard to four and pushing its wider newbuilding programme to 30 ships. The Vyron Vasileiadis-led company has exercised options for two…...
Murmansk completes first China-Arctic roundtrip cargo experiment
6+ day, 24+ min ago (140+ words) Splash247 Russiaâs Murmansk Bulk Terminal has completed loading 26,400 tonnes of potash aboard a NewNew Shipping Line vessel, as part of a new China-Russia logistics experiment via the Northern Sea Route The ship arrived in Murmansk from China carrying 502 containers of…...
Fujian Highton seeks nearly $300m for 16-ship buying spree
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (288+ words) Chinese owner Fujian Highton Development is looking to raise up to RMB2bn ($295m) to bankroll a 16-ship acquisition programme spanning dry bulk and multipurpose heavylift tonnage. The Shanghai-listed company has unveiled a private placement of as many as 412.5m new A shares, equivalent…...
Leonhardt & Blumberg extends tanker newbuild run at GSI
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (211+ words) Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg has signed up for another pair of MR chemical and product tanker newbuildings at Guangzhou Shipyard International, extending its rapid move into the tanker sector. The Hamburg owner signed for two additional 49,500 dwt vessels with CSSC’s GSI,…...
ShipWatch calculations clear Korean Register review
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (127+ words) Korean Register has issued a statement of fact covering the vessel-performance calculation methodology used by ShipWatch. The review examined how the platform corrects environmental data, calculates performance indicators and assesses changes in vessel performance. KR found that the methodology follows…...