Tag: shipyards

GMS announced the second Bangladeshi ship recycling yard as compliant with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) guidelines for the Hong Kong Convention (HKC). Significant steps towards greener ship recycling practices in South Asia are being taken.

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding revealed its plans to convert Jiangsu Yangzi Jiasheng Terminal’s petrochemical terminal site and adjacent land in the upstream Yangtze River region to an LNG terminal facility once it has obtained approval from the government.

In 2022, Chinese shipyards reached a market share of 47% and for the first time exceeded the combined market share of Japanese and South Korean shipyards, says Niels Rasmussen, Chief Shipping Analyst at BIMCO.

Dassault Systèmes will collaborate with Samsung Heavy Industries, to create a “smart yard” based on new digital transformation technology with the aim to establish a fully digital shipyard. 

Mr Rohit Agarwal, Managing Partner at GUIDESHIP CONSULTING SERVICES LLP, discusses the benefits and drawbacks of being a ship recycling professional and helps anyone interest in joining the field to make an informed decision about their career plan.

With Shanghai having gone into COVID lockdown, some of China's biggest shipyards have been forced to temporarily shut down, while at least three have reportedly declared force majeure. 

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) will collaborate with Microsoft Korea, in an attempt to digitalise its shipyards.

A total of 14 cruise ships were on the shores of Alang ship-breaking yard in Gujarat in the past 12 months to be dismantled.

Amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the Finland-based Rauma Shipyard announced that shuts down its operations as 239 workers found coronavirus positive.

Work will not resume for at least a second week at the New Havyard Ship Technology yard in Norway, with the are trying to control a COVID-19 outbreak.