News
19 February 2024

Sumitomo Heavy Industries to leave commercial shipbuilding industry

In:
Transport
Region:
Asia-Pacific

Historic Japanese shipbuilding company Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering is pulling out of the industry after more than 125 years, citing a “deteriorating environment” for the business amid rising material costs and volatile ship prices.SHIME, which mainly focussed on...

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