South Korean yards continued their recent order success this week, with contracts including liquefied natural gas carriers. Chinese yards won a large container ship deal while Japanese yards won orders including bulk carriers. An Asian shipowner is…

Moves to create more environmentally friendly shipping continued to simulate orders this week. China won contracts for a new type of low-pollution car carriers. Increased demand for gas carriers generated valuable contracts for South Korean yards.…

More container ship orders were reported this week as the recovery in the world economy continues to strengthen demand for container shipping. Chinese yards won orders for both larger container vessels of 7,000 TEU and smaller feeder ships. South…

Moves for more environmentally friendly shipping continued to stimulate newbuilding orders this week, with a new type of methanol-powered container ship contracted. Chinese yards won a series of valuable contracts this week, especially for very large…

South Korean yards continued their order success this week with billion dollar deals including in the container shipping and gas carrier sectors. Chinese yards also reported hefty orders including several container ship deals. Environmentally…

A week with public holidays in a series of Asian countries including China and South Korea reduced newbuilding activity. But China still reported container ship orders while South Korea won a US$1 billion offshore project. Japan clinched deals for…

South Korean yards continued their recent newbuilding success with deals including tankers and gas carriers. A US$1.5 billion container ship deal was reported in China. The need for more environmentally friendly shipping continues to generate orders,…

Huge newbuilding wins by South Korean yards continue, with the latest indications that Korean yards have won more contracts in the first five months of 2021 than in all of 2020. Over US$2.4 billion worth of Korean newbuilding orders were reported…

Record-high steel prices are holding back shipbuilding orders, as over 100 Chinese steel mills have raised prices. But Chinese and Korean yards still booked some decent contracts in the past week. European customers were behind orders for tankers and…

The naval sector was active this week, with a US$950 million naval vessel contract signed by an Arabian yard. Another Middle Eastern yard won a major export order from Asia. A contract for naval supply vessels is close to being awarded by a European…

Newbuilding orders remained active in Asia this week. China booked large contracts including container ships, LPG carriers and a big LNG bunker vessel. South Korea won a US$330 million order from Europe for a wind farm ship. Korean and Singapore…

One of the largest ever orders for container ships won by Chinese yards was awarded this week, confirming China’s challenge of South Korea’s lead in the boxship sector. Large orders also won by Chinese yards for bulk carriers including vessels with…

Some large orders were booked by the main Asian shipbuilding nations this week, with China reporting substantial deals. Business in China included a large car carrier of a new environmentally friendly design, a big series of product carriers and…

Major orders for container ships, tankers and bulk carriers worth US$970 billion were announced by a single yard in China this week. Other Chinese yards won orders including for container ships, bulk carriers and product tankers. In South Korea,…

South Korea and China again achieved a decent order volume this week. In China, a US$1.56 billion container ship order was confirmed along with other deals including bulk carriers. A US$202 million gas carrier order was won in Korea while a US$306…

The world shipbuilding market hardly saw a pause for the Easter holidays with brisk ordering continuing. Large deals were reported in China including for container ships won by several yards and bulk carriers. A big Chinese order for box carriers…

The first cruise ship order since the COVID-19 pandemic was placed in Europe this week. Huge deals were reported again this week in the key shipbuilders China and South Korea. Chinese orders included initial deals for container ships worth US$3.2…

After a relatively quiet period, Chinese yards were more successful in winning orders this week. Chinese deals included container ships, bulk carriers, chemical carriers and gas tankers. A major Asian shipping company confirmed plans for a US$2.6…

South Korean yards continued their remarkable run of success in early 2021 by signing orders worth about US$2 billion this week alone. VLCC oil tankers, gas carriers and petro chemical carriers were among the orders. More contracts are reported to be…

Very large orders were again reported in Asia this week as the global shipping industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dual-fuel propulsion in new vessels remains a central requirement from customers. China won billions of dollars of contracts…

Bulk carriers and tankers were the main focus of newbuilding orders in China and South Korea this week. Another huge container ship order is seen to be close for South Korea. In Europe, specialist project cargo freighters were ordered while plans…

Newbuilding activity picked up this week as the Lunar New Year holiday period in Asia ended. South Korean yards are continuing their remarkable success, with hundreds of millions of dollars in orders from Asia, Europe, Africa reported this week.…

The lunar new year holiday in China, South Korea and elsewhere in Asia reduced newbuilding activity this week. But South Korean yards did report some substantial orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars including container ships and gas carriers.…

A healthy flow of new orders was seen in the biggest Asian shipbuilding countries this week. Billion-dollar orders for container ships and bulk carriers were reported in China. These included deals for 24,000-TEU container ships, among the biggest in…