News Brief: Shipbuilding News: * Huaxiang to make LNGC fleet * DSME drillships might be delayed * Sumitomo wins a single Aframax * Japan NB exports stayed one-digit level * NB order decline steepen again Shipping News: * Oldendorff Buys Four Second-Hand Bulkers * Asian VLCCs fall to 2016 low on influx of newbuilds, older tonn

News Brief: Shipbuilding News: * Fujian Mawei wins asphalt carrier * Chinese shipowner places feeder boxship orders * Rainbow Heavy Industries to shut down Shanghai-based subsidiary * SHI expected to win large offshore order * STX labor decided to strike * Naikai wins eight 1,900TEUs Shipping News: * Naikai wins eight 1,9

News Brief: Shipbuilding News: * China spent $1.9bn to encourage industry * KEB issues RG for HHI's LNGC * HHI labor agreed on strike * Korean subcontractors form join council * "Slow ordering activity in 2H"   Shipping News: * CMES Receives Scrapping Subsidy from China * VLCC market on backwards mode

News Brief: Shipbuilding News: * CSIC merges two shipyards * DSME’s inglorious No.1 in orderbook * Korean Banks Hit Hard by Shipbuilding Woes * Korean banks opt for cliff-hanging loan relief for Samsung Heavy Industries   Shipping News: * Box Shipping Rates Fall as East-West Price War Rages on * Capesize rates set to dive

News Brief: Shipbuilding News: * Samsung Heavy Industries Lays Out Restructuring Plans * Auditors Reveal USD 1.28 Bn Accounting Fraud at DSME * HMD sells all of its KCC shares * HHIC needs no extra wage talks this year * Korea topped 1Q NB deliveries Shipping News: * Maersk Line to Up Asia-Europe Freight Rates from July 1