December 28, 2009

Hanoi: Khanh Hoa province could sink the $500 million STX shipyard project this month if the Korean investor fails to signal whether it would continue ... [full story]

Beijing: Bank of China has announced it is granting US$179.55m credit to South Korea's STX Pan Ocean to purchase three 176,000dwt bulk cargo vessels from ... [full story]

London: The International Maritime Organization has issue a special end-2009 message to the world's 1.5m seafarers, pointing out that it has chosen to tag 2010 ... [full story]

Seoul: Korea's Hyundai Steel plans to start selling heavy steel plate for shipbuilding in the second quarter of 2010 after it receives certification by classification ... [full story]

Manila: At least six people died and 22 others were missing after passenger ro-ro ferry Baleno-9 sank off Batangas City Saturday night, the second maritime ... [full story]

Hanoi: Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, the state-owned company known as Vinashin, has won government approval to sell as much as $600 million of bonds overseas ... [full story]