Bulkers give Japan's shipbuilders order boost in Nov

Japan's shipbuilding companies enjoyed a surge in export orders for vessels in November, mainly because of a leap in those for bulk carriers, data just released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA) show. But despite last month's jump, the full-year 2025 order volume will almost certainly fall below last year's total, the statistics suggest.

In November, the JSEA's member firms won orders for 18 vessels for export, equivalent to 612,050 gross tons (GT), a 2.6-fold increase from the order volume in November last year of 236,096 GT in just 6 vessels, as Mysteel Global reported. Of the 18 ships booked, 2 were container