http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Online Daily Newspaper on Hellenic and International Shipping PersianTools Rss feed creator v2.5 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide Sun, 19 May 2013 05:12:59 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 05:12:59 GMT 15 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imgs/logo.jpg http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com Rss Feed Image 88 31 http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com//News.aspx?ElementID=1900bdeb-82d3-4c05-8619-6364e6f09089 <img src="http://drg.blob.core.windows.net/hellenicshippingnewsbody/temp/images/stories/top_stories/Shipyard 17 top/thumbNail_120x0.jpg"/>2011 was a poor year in terms of contracting, as the number of vessels ordered fell by 47.9% y-o-y and only just exceeded the number contracted at the height of the recession in 2009. Weak sentiment in recent months has led to continued low levels of contracting, to the detriment of yards which need to fill their orderbooks.During the boom period in the middle of the last decade, extra demand for ... International Shipping News Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:11 GMT