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 289 shipbuilders in 29 countries, 798 beneficial owners with vessels on order, 5253 orders of merchant vessels, 335 conversions, 8013 vessel designs (for existing and newbuilding vessels), 122 design houses and 4789 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.

20-Jan-2012, Kawasaki debuts LNG containership design

Kawasaki Heavy completes development of a LNG fuelled 9 000 TEU container and obtained Approval in Principle from DNV. The ship is designed with a new type of LNG tank that provides more space for con...

20-Jan-2012, Samsung Heavy wins $2.3bn LNG facility order

Samsung Heavy Industries won a KRW2.6trn order from Japan’s Inpex Corp for the construction of the world's largest LNG processing facility that will be installed at the Ichthys LNG venture in the Brow...

19-Jan-2012, Bureau Veritas approves LNG-powered Ultra-Large Containership

Bureau Veritas has given approval in principle for the basic design of a 14,000 teu containership to be powered by LNG. The design was developed in a joint industry project between Korea's Daewoo Shi...

18-Jan-2012, Hamworthy Krystallon signs contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for full scrubber system on VLGC

Hamworthy Krystallon, signed a significant contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to deliver a scrubber system on a Liquified Petroleum Gas tanker being constructed for Solvang ASA. The 84.000 c...

17-Jan-2012, Yangzijiang goes into shipowning

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding entered into a JV with a unit of Peter Dohle Shiffahrts KG to set up four shipo-wning companies in which it will own 45% stakes in four special purpose vehicles. Each ship-own...

16-Jan-2012, Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry puts Shuangliu site into production

Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry put the new site dedicated to special shipbuilding in Shuangliu of Xinzhou District into production on 15 January by cutting steel for one 16,000kw AHTS. With constructio...

16-Jan-2012, Vale Beijing incident not related to general strength issues - DNV

The Norwegian class said the incident of "Vale Beijing" which had problems when loading ore at Ponta da Madeira in Brazil in December was not caused by any global strength issue or by the effect of si...

14-Jan-2012, Jinhai Heavy Industry delivers two 79,600 dwt bulkers in one day

On 14 January, Zhongji site of Jinhai Heavy Industry delivered two 79,600 dwt bulkers (J0033/J0034) to Zhuishui EnergY Resource Group. The two ships were named "Zhushui 3" and "Zhushui 5". The ship is...

09-Jan-2012, ESL Shipping takes delivery of a first ever 1A ice class handymax

ESL Shipping Ltd, part of the Aspo Group, has taken delivery of a new 56,000 dwt vessel from the Vinashin. M/s Arkadia is a supramax class vessel and has built-in cranes as well as a ballast water tr...

09-Jan-2012, CMHI delivered Hua Hai Long 30000 tonne Semi-submersible Heavy Lift Vessel

China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. held the Delivery Ceremony of HUA HAI LONG 30,000dwt Semi-submersible Heavy Lift Vessel which is built for Guangzhou Salvage Bureau of the Ministry ...

07-Jan-2012, Viana do Castelo fate to be decided by Ministry of Defense

The Portuguese government will decide “in the coming weeks”, the fate of the shipyard (ENVC) in the north of the country the Ministry of Defence has told Lusa news agency.. The president of EMPORDEF, ...

06-Jan-2012, Fednav takes delivery of 37,200 dwt bulker from Ouhua

Fednav Limited has taken delivery of the first 37,200 dwt handysize bulker named "Federal Sable" from Zhejiang Ouhua Shipyard. In 2010, the owner signed the contracts with the yard to build eight 37,2...

28-Dec-2011, ASRY adds 1380 metre repair quay

Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) has opened a new 1.38-km (0.86-mi) repair quay wall. The facility is northeast of the existing yard in an area known as the ASRY Basin. It was designed by Royal ...

28-Dec-2011, L&T partners with Mitsubishi for shipbuilding

Larsen & Toubro has entered into a partnership with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries following their collaboration in power-generation equipment based on super-critical technology. Mistubishi will provide ...

28-Dec-2011, United green lights semi-subs

Tradewinds said that “China's United Faith Group has confirmed that the contract for two semi-submersible multi-purpose vessels has gone into effect.” The two 50,000-dwt vessels at Yantai CIMC Raffles...

27-Dec-2011, COSCO Dalian to convert MT Sunrise Jewel

COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd. said that its Dalian yard will convert the MT Sunrise Jewel for its Japanese owner, MODEC, Inc.. The FPSO is being designed to operate for 20-years without having to undergo d...

27-Dec-2011, "Kitanihon's Kuji Works resumes full-swing operation"

Marine-net reported that Kitanihon on December 25 achieved full restoration of its Kuji Works. The steel cutting workshop was built on about 5-meter-high backfill, said the report noted that “producti...

26-Dec-2011, Lisin Gets $138M Ship Loan

A unit of Vladimir Lisin's UCL Holding transportation company agreed to borrow $138m from Gazprombank to build 10 oil tankers. The vessels, which can carry crude and oil products simultaneously, will ...

26-Dec-2011, Sumitomo delivery up 30%

Sumitomo Heavy Industries of Japan announced on 26 December that newbuilding delivery increased to nine vessels of 510,000 gt year-to-date, up by two vessels in numerical term and 30% in gross tonnage...

24-Dec-2011, Samsung's Ningbo base wins first newbuilding order

On 20 December, Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. won the first newbuilding order from S&P Marine. The ship is said to be 165 m long and 54 m wide. Delivery is expected in the first half of ...