Worldyards

	Worldyards.com is a powerful research tool placing unrivalled accuracy and functionality at the fingertips of the maritime community. Worldyards is a web-based information and analytical system contains commercial and technical information about active merchant shipbuilding universe. As of today, the on-line system covers 259 shipbuilders in 28 countries, 618 beneficial owners with vessels on order, 4124 orders of merchant vessels, 327 conversions, 8456 vessel designs (for existing and newbuilding vessels), 124 design houses and 5230 shipping/shipbuilding news entries. The Worldyards' team rigorously verifies and tracks changes of newbuilding orders and shipbuilder capacity directly through first hand contact with the yards and owners.
In a single login, the members can :
- Obtain accurate information on a shipbuilder's history, facilities, track record, corporate structure, standard designs, orderbook as well as practical information, such as layouts of and travel tips for getting to the shipyards in question.
- See technical and commercial details of vessels that are on order as well as view and track contract details, re-sales, delivery, sales and demolition.
- Access vital statistics, such as orderbook/existing fleet ratios, age profiles of the fleet, delivery schedules, rankings of shipbuilders/shipbuilding nations.
- Of particular interest are the statistics tracking changes to the orderbook / fleet, such as terminations, rescheduling, and slippage.
- Capture the annual capacity of individual shipbuilders in the world's first ever scientifically quantitative forecast of shipbuilding capacity.
Worldyards subscribers include the largest and most prominent ship-owners, oil companies, shipbuilders, class societies, shipbrokers, shipping banks, shipping funds, equipment makers and consulting firms. As an independent enterprise, Worldyards.com Pte Ltd regularly conducts research consultancy for clients in the areas of delivery projections, credit analysis, supply/demand, offshore fabrication and ship repair.

25-Apr-2013, Qingdao Yangfan delivers first 205,000 dwt bulker

On 25 April, Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. delivered the first 205,000 dwt bulker. Name "Valley Star", the ship is 299.95 m long and has double hull....

18-Apr-2013, STX develops hybrid engine for onshore and offshore use

On 15 April, STX Heavy Industries held a celebration ceremony for the production of the first hybrid engine for both onshore and offshore use to be installed on LNG carrier at its Changwon yard in Sou...

15-Apr-2013, Alfa Laval upgrades its PureBallast BWTS

Sweden's Alfa Laval has announced to have upgraded its existing PureBallast 2.0 ballast water treatment system into PureBallast 3.0 system. The new development will enable Alfa Laval to expand its ser...

15-Apr-2013, COSCO Shipyards develops LNG/diesel dual fueled bulker "Clean Sky"

COSCO Shipyards claims to have developed the world's first LNG-fueled Kamsarmax jointly with LR and Golden Union. According to Zhao Zhijian, General Manager of COSCO Shipyards Technical Centre, "Clean...

13-Apr-2013, Hudong Zhonghua completes sea trial for H1645A

On 12 April, No.13 76,000 dwt bulker (H1645A) completed the four day sea trial and called at No.2 terminal on Changxing Island. ...

12-Apr-2013, Shareholding changes at the Changxing yards

In a written notice filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange in late January, CSSC disclosed changes in its capital compositions for Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding (SJCS) and Shanghai Jiangnan...

12-Apr-2013, GSI and SDARI sign design contract for three ship types

Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has recently signed the design contract for three ship types with Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). One ship type is the 308,000 dwt VL...

10-Apr-2013, Wuzhou Shipyard completes keel laying for WZ1104

On 10 April, Wuzhou Shipyard completed keel laying for the fourth 49,000 dwt bulker it builds for its parent company Zhejiang Shipping Group. The ship meets CSR rules. It is 189.99 m long (LBP: 185 m)...

08-Apr-2013, Alfa Laval wins SEK 50m environmental order to clean ballast water

On 8 April, Sweden's Alfa Laval announced to have won an order to supply Alfa Laval PureBallast systems to a leading shipyard in South Korea. The order has a value about SEK50 million with delivery st...

03-Apr-2013, HHI wins formal type approval for HiMSEN H46/60V

On 2 April, Hyundai Heavy Industries announced that its self-developed diesel engine, HiMSEN H46/60V, has passed tests of nine classification societies including ABA and DNV and has successfully won a...

29-Mar-2013, China Shipping cooperates with Hudong Zhonghua building two 10,000 TEU containerships

On 28 March, China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard signed the contract to jointly build two 10,000 TEU containerships. The ship is 335 m long and 48.6 m wide. Before...

28-Mar-2013, Kitanihon Shipbuilding to convert No.1 slipway into a dock

Kitanihon Shipbuilding launched one 33,400 dwt chemical tanker for K Line Pte. Ltd. which is also the last ship launched from its No.1 slipway on 27 March. Since its production in 1979, the yard's No....

27-Mar-2013, MHI deepens cooperation with Imabari

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding will further deepen their technical partnership according to Marine-net reports. The establishment of MI LNG Company which is a design and sa...

27-Mar-2013, Gearbulk Shipowning receives loan facilities from JBIC

As announced by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on 25 March, the company has agreed to offer Gearbulk Shipowning Limited a ship export buyer's credit facility for a 72,400 dwt open...

25-Mar-2013, Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam redelivers all seven vessels to Hambug-Sud

Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has redelivered all the seven containerships after installing the first Becker Twisted Fin (BTF) to Germany's Hamburg-Sud. BTF has been developed to improve the perfor...

20-Mar-2013, RCCL's third cruise ship priced 900m Euros

As Marine-net reports, the third 225,000 gross ton Oasis-class cruise ship STX France SA is building for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) has been priced about 900 million euros, the same as that o...

20-Mar-2013, Tamil Nadu scraps approval for Goodearth's shipyard

Tamil Nadu has revoked an approval granted to Chennai-based Goodearth Shipbuilding Pvt. Ltd to build a shipyard and dedicated port at Silambimangalam in Cuddalore district by investing Rs.2,000 crore....

19-Mar-2013, Rolls-Royce Environship Wins Award

Rolls-Royce plc has received the Green Ship Technology Award for its Environship concept - a revolutionary design and system solution for cargo ships that reduces CO2 emissions by up to 40%. The Envir...

18-Mar-2013, Uksnoy & Co goes green

Aalesund-based offshore shipowner Uksnoy & Co has bought a 3,500 dwt chemical carrier from Denmark's Clipper Group for heavy conversion into an offshore support vessel. The conversion will adopt Norwa...

16-Mar-2013, SWS names "Officium Australis" for Santoku Shipping

On 15 March, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard named one 176,000 dwt bulker "Officium Australis" for Japanese owner Santokou Shipping Co., Ltd. The ship is the third and last of a series of Capesizes the o...