The Tan Cang – Hai Phong International Container Terminal (TC-HICT) on May 19 berthed a super tonnage ship called ONE CONTRIBUTION. With a capacity of 8,560 TEUs and a length of 316 meters, the ship […]

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is focusing on finishing the installation of fishing vessel monitoring devices in a bid to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Since June 2019, the province has installed tracking devices on local fishing vessels. To date, the devices have been installed on 453 vessels with length of 24 meters or more, equivalent to 96.58 percent, and 875 boats with length of from 15 meters to under 24 meters, or 50.75 percent.

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Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry has a new reference on the European market, by way of a UK-designed, steel-hulled catamaran ro-pax ferry delivered for service between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands, writes David Tinsley.

Vietnam’s Ha Long International Cruise Port signed a 15-year management service agreement with Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH) Wednesday.

Song Thu Corporation – a shipbuilder under the General Department of Defense Industry under the Ministry of National Defense, on January 18 held a ceremony in Da Nang city to launch two high-speed patrol vessels, which were commissioned by the Vietnam Border Guard Command.

Cenzin (PGZ Group) will be a broker and co-ordinator in a deal concerning supply of six sea-going search and rescue (SAR) vessels to Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Polish yard responsible for design of the series and construction of the initial units will be Remontowa Shipbuilding SA.  Polish President Andrzej Duda and Vietnamese president Trần Đại Quang signed a framework loan agreement in Hanoi on the construction of six search and rescue ships on November 28, 2017.

Vietship 2018 saw 12 contracts and memoranda of understanding worth millions of dollars, marked increased co-operation between domestic and foreign partners.At the signing ceremony, six co-operation contracts were signed, including three contracts for building cruise ships between Halong Shipbuilding Company and three other partners.

L&T Bags Major Order from Vietnam Border Guard for High Speed Patrol Vessels. At USD  9.7 million it is the biggest export order given to a private Indian Shipyard till date  Mumbai, Sep 22, 2016: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has signed the principle contract with
Vietnam Border Guard valued at USD 99.7 Million for design and construction of high speed patrol vessels in India as well as for transfer of design and technology along with supply of equipment and material kits for construction of follow-on vessels at Hong Ha shipyard in Vietnam

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan welcomed mining group Alcoa and ship-builder Austal to invest in Vietnam during her meeting with the two companies’ executives in Perth on December 1.

The Institute for Manufacture Shipbuilding (UNINSHIP) under Nha Trang University has built 22 composite offshore fishing boats for fishermen in various provinces including Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan.

PetroVietnam has proposed a solution to salvage five of its loss-making projects, making up almost half of the company’s list of 12 loss-making megaprojects all funded by state capital.

Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has been assigned a large number of port, shipping and logistics services construction projects by the Government of Vietnam.

Fortescue Metals Group’s subsidiary Pilbara Marine has ordered six 32-metre rotor tugs from Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards to support its operations at Australian port of Port Hedland.

In an interview with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Moscow, he said the two countries have co-ordinated in this field for years.

Nha Trang Shipbuilding Company have been busy since the lunar new year, rushing to complete increasing orders for more steel-clad vessels for local fishermen.

Accordingly, the company posted an estimated consolidated profit of VND40.3 billion ($1.8 million) last year.

“Besides profits, most of our other business indicators were fairly positive, as total goods transport and cargo throughput volumes at ports under the company’s management rose by 3 and 8 per cent, respectively,” said Vinalines acting general director Nguyen Canh Tinh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told Vietnam National Shipping Lines to divest entirely from nine seaports and companies and retain 20 per cent in Hai Phong and Saigon seaport.

The 13 ships are capable of loading approximately 400,000 tonnes.

Besides, Vinalines will focus on infrastructure and equipment projects with a view to raising its production and business capacity.

Prime Shipping Corporation, a Vietnamese tanker operator, turned out to have signed a newbuilding agreement with Ningbo Xinle Shipbuilding for 2+2 26,300dwt chemical tankers.

PANO – The International Exhibition on Shipbuilding, Marine Technology & Transportation (Vietship) 2016 will take place from February 24^th to 26^th in Hanoi, announced the Ship Building Industry Corporation at a press conference on February 2^nd.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung accepted the proposal of the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) to sell 70 per cent of Damen Song Cam Shipyard to the Netherlands’ Damen Shipyards Group.

HA NOI (VNS) — Many shipbuilding companies in southern Kien Giang Province have complained about a new regulation that ended the granting of shipbuilding licences as of last month.

The companies said the regulation would cause huge losses, as they were not informed about the regulation earlier.

PANO – Hong Ha Shipbuilding Company under the General Department of Defense Industry on the afternoon of January 22^nd held a ceremony to hand over two high-speed TT-400 patrol boats (the 6^th and 7^th boats) to the Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard.

The coastal waters have become seriously polluted with oil, zinc waste and domestic water waste, while suspended solids such as Si, NO3, NH4 and PO4 are at worryingly high levels.

The quality of sediment in the coastal areas and the habitats for many aquatic species has declined.

Do Thai Binh, a renowned shipbuilding and navigation expert, and deputy chair of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Science Association, said the dock should be used as China was building a floating island on the East Sea.

M83 became famous after being imported by Vinalines, which now has many difficulties with its former chair now in jail. The floating dock was bought for millions of dollars though it is worthless.

Factory X51 (Hai Minh Shipbuilding & Repair One Member Co.Ltd.) under Ba Son Corporation of the General Department of Defence Industry on June 25th handed over surveillance ship CSB 6008 to the Vietnam Coast Guard […]

Vietnam Coast Guard receives two home-made modern vessels

The TT400-class vessel, numbered CSB 4035, was assigned to the VCG of Zone 4, which manages and protects the southern waters of Vietnam from Tra Vinh to Kien Giang Provinces and part of the Gulf of Thailand, in which Phu Quoc Island is located.

Shipbuilding Corporation speeds up restructuring subsidiaries PM approves action plan to boost shipbuilding

The proposal, which has been made along with the requirement for such a high volume of shares by the firm based in the Netherlands, comes even as Vietnam’s current regulations impose a 49% limit on foreign investors’ ownership in the domestic stock market.

Addressing the handover ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Truong Quang Khanh highlighted the staff of the Ba Son Shipyard for making great efforts to complete the modern missile vessels. He emphasised that the second handover of […]

Under the current regulations, the ownership ratio of foreign investors in the local stock market is limited to 49%.

In 2014, Ha Long posted output worth more than VND1 trillion ($46 million), or 114.3 per cent of the yearly target, and revenue of more than VND1.38 trillion ($63 million), equivalent to 100.2 per cent of the target.

The ceremony to hand over the ship to fisherman

The Song Dao Ship Building Joint-Stock Company of the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) handed over a new steel-hull ship, coded VO18 01, to fisherman Nguyen Quoc Trong from Nghi Quang commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province on March 2^nd. This is the eighth fishing ship of this kind built at the company in the framework of the SBIC’s steel-hull shipbuilding program.

BIDV representative and client signing the loan agreement. Photo: Vietnam+

The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has disbursed the first credit package of VND 61 billion (USD 2.8 million) for fishermen in central Binh Dinh province to build new ships serving off-shore operations.

Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry

On April 12, 2015, Dongbacshin organized a ceremony for the hand-over of Truong Minh Dragon, a 12,500-ton ship to Truong Minh International JSC. Also at the event, Dongbacshin signed a contract to build the 56,200-ton bulk ship for Truong Minh.

The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has disbursed the first credit package of VND61 billion (US$2.8 million) for fishermen in central Binh Dinh province to build new ships serving off-shore operations

The Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) has risen from a proverbial shipwreck after an active restructuring and is now ready to sail, stated Chairman of the firm’s member council Nguyen Ngoc Su

The Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) is negotiating with some banks to buy nearly 2 trillion VND (94 million USD) of debt owned by the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines).