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 255 shipbuilders in 26 countries, 624 beneficial owners with vessels on order, 4432 orders of merchant vessels, 319 conversions, 8589 vessel designs (for existing and newbuilding vessels), 124 design houses and 5482 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.

06-Dec-2013, Mitsubishi Heavy Secures Very Large LPG Carrier Order from Astomos Energy

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announces it has received an order from Astomos Energy Corporation for a 83,000cbm very large LPG carrier with delivery scheduled in the second half of 2015.

05-Dec-2013, Epic Gas orders two 11,000 CBM gas carriers

Singapore-based Epic Gas Ltd. announced to have ordered two 11,000 CBM fully pressurised gas carriers from Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation in Japan with delivery expected in 2016. This order brings the t...

02-Dec-2013, Hyundai Heavy receives VLCC Orders from DHT Holdings

NYSE-listed DHT Holdings announces they have signed a contract for the construction of two 300,000dwt VLCC tankers with Hyundai Heavy Industries with option to build a third vessel at same price attac...

26-Nov-2013, Golden Ocean Refreshes its Newbuilding List with Declared Options and Cancellation

Golden Ocean announces in its third quarter 2013 result that that the company has declared options to build three additional 64,000dwt Supramax bulker at Chengxi Shipyard in China. The options were at...

22-Nov-2013, First German-flagged vessel with LNG propulsion

The new Fassmer built Helgoland ferry for AG EMS, will be constructed under the supervision of classification society DNV GL. The nearly 80m long vessel will be the first German flagged newbuilding to...

21-Nov-2013, Ferus Smits Receives Order to Build Six ECOBOX-design Multipurpose Cargoship

Dutch shipbuilder, Ferus Smit has received an order from Singaporean owner, Symphony Ventures, to build six 10,500dwt ECOBOX-design multipurpose cargoship. The six vessels are planned to be delivered ...

19-Nov-2013, Sembmarine to consolidate all its Singapore yards by 2024

Seatrade reported that Sembcorp Marine is to relocate all its Singapore shipyards to its new integrated mega-yard by 2024, quoting Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed at the official ope...

19-Nov-2013, Hanjin Subic secures Containership Orders from Cape Shipping

Hanjin Heavy's site in Subic, the Philippines, has secured a contract of two 6,900teu containership orders from Greek owner, Cape Shipping. The two newbuilds are scheduled to be delivered within 2015....

18-Nov-2013, BMT Nigel Gee contracts Penguin for three ferries

BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd., will design three 38-meter monohull high-speed passenger ferries for Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International Pte. Ltd. The shipbuilding subs...

18-Nov-2013, Aker Philly gets $65m term loan at LIBOR plus 7%

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), has signed a commitment letter with a group of private lenders led by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC for a secured term loan of $65m with a variable interest...

16-Nov-2013, JBIC to finance K Line LNG carrier

According to Marine-net, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) announced on Nov. 14 it has agreed to provide up to Y8.54 bn in a loan to finance the procurement by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K L...

15-Nov-2013, Miyaji Salvage awarded Japan's first certificate for recycling

15 November 2013, ClassNK has issued the first Statement of Compliance for a ship recycling facility in Japan to Miyaji Salvage Co. Ltd. The Statement of Compliance issued by ClassNK certifies that th...

14-Nov-2013, Guangzhou Shipyard to relocate

Guangzhou Shipyard International is to relocate before 2015. The total relocation cost is expected to exceed RMB10bn. Due to limited land resources and pressure from the environment protection authori...

13-Nov-2013, First ro-pax from Vietnam yard

Specialist shipbuilder, Strategic Marine, has delivered the first of two 45 m ro-pax catamarans to the National Ferries Company of Oman, as part of a new contract for its Vietnam yard. The vessel is t...

12-Nov-2013, NASSCO and Seabulk Tankers’ to build US trade tanker at NASSCO

General Dynamics NASSCO has entered into a contract with Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc for the design and construction of one 50,000 deadweight ton LNG-conver...

12-Nov-2013, "MES introduces large-scale facility to satisfy PSPC"

Marine-net reported that "Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) announced on Nov. 7 that, to cope with IMO-ruled Performance Standard for Protective Coatings (PSPC) for ballast tanks, it has introdu...

12-Nov-2013, Oshima Wins Supramax Bulkers

Japanese shipbuilder, Oshima Shipbuilding, is contracted to build four 60-type supramax bulkers for DACC, a Joint-venture between Italian owners D'Amico Societa di Navigazione and Coeclerici S.p.A., w...

11-Nov-2013, Korea Yanase buys out bankrupt Samho

The shipyard of bankrupt Samho Shipbuilding, have been purchased by, ship rigging manufacturer Korea Yanase Co. and the site has been renamed as Korea Yanase Tongyeong Shipbuilding. The new shipbuild...

11-Nov-2013, OSX becomes second Batista company to file for bankruptcy

Brazilian shipbuilder OSX Brasil SA filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, becoming the second company controlled by former billionaire Eike Batista to seek court protection from creditors in just...

08-Nov-2013, Thai shipyard launches Incat Crowther catamaran ferry

Dolphin Chumphon Marine, Thailand, has launched the 453 passenger 32 m catamaran ferry Maehaad. It is the sixth vessel designed by Incat Crowther for Lomprayah High Speed Ferries, and follows on from ...