Maritime industry in Vietnam With its long coastline, strategic location and skilled low-cost labour force, Vietnam is an interesting location for the Dutch maritime companies producing for third markets and equipment suppliers. Several major Dutch companies are already active in Vietnam’s main centres for shipbuilding: Hai Phong, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam…

German bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers has signed an integrated coal transport and transhipment deal for a new power station project to be built in the North of Vietnam at Nghi Son. Under the contract, the company will transport around 100 million tonnes of coal over 25 years for Nghi Son 2 Power…

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…

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. The two vessels are of modern and high-speed version Spa 4207,…

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has teamed up with German engine specialist MAN Energy Solutions in a bid to secure a “competitive edge” in winning orders. More specifically, the two sides will cooperate in developing smart ship technology. According to SHI, the Memorandum of Understanding mainly aims at enhancing operating services of main…