Constructors think big in designs for range of new ships

 

 

 

 

By WANG YING in Shanghai | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2023-06-20 07:2
 
 
China's first domestically built large cruise ship, Adora Magic City, build by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, completes its undocking process in Shanghai on June 6, 2023. [LONG WEI / FOR CHINA DAILY]

Having maintained their leading market share position for more than 13 years, Chinese shipbuilders are continuing to pursue quality development of high-value-added vessels, industry experts said.

China remains the world's leading shipbuilder, with its output last year accounting for nearly 50 percent of the global total in terms of dead-weight tonnage, data from the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry show. The nation's new orders and existing orders accounted for 55.2 percent

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Los constructores navales de Corea del Sur ocupan el segundo lugar en nuevos pedidos globales este año

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Un transportador de gas natural licuado construido por Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co (Yonhap)

Los constructores navales de Corea del Sur se quedaron atrás de sus rivales chinos en términos de nuevos pedidos globales en 2022 para ocupar el segundo lugar en el mundo por segundo año consecutivo, según mostraron datos de la industria el jueves.

 

Los constructores navales locales obtuvieron un total combinado de 15,64 millones de toneladas brutas compensadas en nuevos pedidos este año, lo que representa el 37 por ciento del total global de 41,93 millones, según los datos proporcionados por el investigador de mercado global Clarkson Research Service.

Fue un 11 por ciento menos que el año anterior. El recuento global también disminuyó un 22 por ciento desde

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First CO2 Transport Ship for CCS Demonstrations Launched in Japan

 

 

 

 

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding designed and building the dedicated CO2 transport vessel (Mitsubishi Shipbuilding)

PUBLISHED MAR 28, 2023 3:13 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding today launched the first dedicated CO2 carrier designed to be a demonstration ship for the development of carbon transport as part of the emerging CO2 capture, storage and reuse initiatives. The ship is being built as part of a broader government-sponsored project involving a range of Japanese companies for the operation and demonstration of the ship along with the R&D and commercialization of the technology for carbon transport. 

The launch ceremony for the demonstration vessel was hosted at the Enoura Plant of MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Shimonoseki, Japan. The vessel is 236 feet long with

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Navantia San Fernando inicia la construcción de un patrullero marroquí: generará "1.100 empleos"

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Operarios de Navantia San Fernando trabajan en la botadura de una embarcación / SONIA RAMOS

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La ministra de Hacienda y Función Pública, la socialista María Jesús Montero, ha anunciado este sábado que la planta del astillero nacional Navantia en San Fernando acogerá el día 3 de julio el acto de "corte de chapa" del patrullero de gran altura "Avante 1800", encargado a dicha sociedad pública por la Armada Real de

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Shipbuilders gain momentum in Central China as yacht tourism thrives

 

 

 

Xinhua | Updated: 2023-05-24 09:55

 
Workers maintain a yacht at Haiquan Yacht Co Ltd in Yuanjiang, Hunan province on May 21, 2020. [Photo/VCG]

CHANGSHA -- As the sun gently rises over the tranquil lake at dawn, shipbuilding factory workers shatter the morning silence in an industrial park in the city of Yuanjiang, Central China's Hunan province.

Yuanjiang, owing to its position in the hinterland of China's second-largest freshwater lake Dongting, benefits from waterways that provide abundant resources and foster a flourishing shipbuilding industry. For centuries, countless ships have set sail from here, embarking on journeys around the world.

Shipbuilding is now a pillar industry for the city, boasting an impressive output value of over 10.5 billion yuan ($1.49 billion) last year and representing more

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