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 132 shipbuilders in 30 countries, 220 beneficial owners with vessels on order, 2013 orders of merchant vessels, 199 conversions, 9442 vessel designs (for existing and newbuilding vessels), 132 design houses and 8359 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.

19-Feb-2021, P&O Cruises cuts steel for Arvia

The steel-cutting ceremony for P&O Cruises on February 18th, 2021 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The 5,200-passenger ship is the company's second LNG-powered Excel class ship will ...

15-Feb-2021, Containerships takes delivery of Containerships Borealis

CMA CGM has taken delivery of a new LNG-powered vessel from China's Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard. Containerships Borealis is the fifth LNG-powered vessel to join the Containerships fleet. The 1,400 TEU...

04-Feb-2021, Fincantieri lays keel for Viking Mars

Fincantieri has laid the keel for Viking Mars at the shipyard in Ancona. The ship will have a gross tonnage of about 47,800 tons, 465 cabins with accommodation for 930 passengers. It will also feature...

01-Feb-2021, Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers MSC Virtuosa

MSC Cruises took delivery of the MSC Virtuosa from the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France. The newbuild features a length of 331 meters, a width of 43 meters and a maximum cap...

28-Jan-2021, France and Italy Agree to End Proposed Fincantieri-Chantiers Merger

France and Italy announced jointly that they have agreed not to proceed with the merger of two of Europe's largest shipbuilders, Chantiers de l'Atlantique and Fincantieri. The merger of the two state-...

26-Jan-2021, KSOE mega-merger extends deadline.

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) announced to extend the deadline for the proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The deadline has been extended from S...

25-Jan-2021, Wan Hai Lines confirms order for 12 new vessels

Wan Hai Lines has ordered twelve 3,013TEU boxships from Nihon Shipyard, a joint venture between Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United (JMU). This new series of vessels are expected to be delive...

22-Jan-2021, Kawasaki Heavy has completed the world's first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal.

Kobe LH2 Terminal, the world's first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal, has been completed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The terminal is built for Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research ...

18-Jan-2021, KSS Line orders VLGC at KSOE

Korean shipping company KSS Line has ordered a unit of a Very Large Liquified Petroluem Gas (VLGC) at Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE). The vessel has the capacity to carry 91,000 cbm ...

14-Jan-2021, Silversea Cruises' new ship launched

Silversea Cruises' third Muse-class ship launched in January 14 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy. The 596-passenger, 40,700-ton luxury cruise ship is expected to be nearly identical to Sil...

11-Jan-2021, Klaveness receives delivery of Baiacu

Klaveness Combination Carriers has received the delivery of CLEANBU vessel Baiacu on January 11. The 83,600dwt newbuild is the sixth ship that has been delivered to KCC from New Yangzi Shipyard in Chi...

28-Dec-2020, China approves Daewoo Shipbuilding-KSOE merger

China's antitrust authority has approved the merger between two South Korean shipbuilding giants, it is between Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engine...

24-Dec-2020, Aegean Shipping exercises option for 3rd aframax tanker at Cosco Heavy (Yangzhou)

Aegean Shipping Management has exercised its option for third aframax tanker at Cosco Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) as announced from the owner�s website. This order is in continuation to the contract sig...

22-Dec-2020, Costa Cruises takes delivery of Costa Firenze

On 22 December, Costa Cruises officially took delivery of the new Costa Firenze from Fincantieri. Costa Firenze was inspired by the Florentine Renaissance with 135,500 gross tonnage and a capacity of ...

21-Dec-2020, Imabari Shipbuilding and JMU to launch JV firm in 2021

Japan Marine United Corporation and Imabari Shipbuilding formalized their capital tie-up in December 2019, have received approvals from all competition authorities to move forward with the establishme...

18-Dec-2020, Hyundai Samho receives order for 4 container ships

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE)�s Hyundai Samho has received an order to build four container vessels at a total price of KRW 451 billion. Each vessel has the capacity to carry 13,200...

07-Dec-2020, K Line takes delivery of Cape Ace

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has taken delivery of Cape Ace from Namura Shipbuilding's Imari Shipyard & Works. The 121,604 cbm vessel will be transporting iron ore and coal for a Japanese steel mill...

01-Dec-2020, Royal Caribbean floats out Odyssey of the Seas

Royal Caribbean's cruise ship 'Odyssey of the Seas' has floated out on November 28. The cruise liner left German shipbuilder Meyer Werft with the help of two 9,000-horsepower tugboats which pulled Ody...

20-Nov-2020, Stena Line takes delivery of Stena Embla

Stena Line took delivery of Stena Embla built at China Merchants Jinling Weihai. Stena Embla is the third of five next-generation roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) vessels and the first to be built t...

18-Nov-2020, HHI Group grabs ten orders of VLCCs

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group announced that they have received an order for ten Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) from an undisclosed Oceania-based buyers...