Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

The electric ferry China Zorrilla, built in Hobart, Tasmania, has begun commercial crossings between Argentina and Uruguay, marking the start of regular operations on the Rio de la Plata route. The…

CMB.Tech's Mineral Europa, described by its Belgian shipowner as the world's first ammonia-powered dry bulk carrier, has completed sea trials, marking a step toward commercial deployment of the…

Two ultra-large 21,000-TEU container vessels built for Mediterranean Shipping Company were undocked and launched at Hengli Heavy Industry's Dalian facility in Liaoning Province. Each vessel measures…

Maersk Tankers has moved closer to converting four very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) to run on ammonia fuel after its retrofit proposal, known as RIPPLE, was selected for support under the European…

Seaspan Shipyards has laid the keel for CCGS Imnaryuaq, the largest polar icebreaker ever built in Canada, at a ceremony held at its North Vancouver yard. Construction began in April 2025 with the…

A keel-laying ceremony was held on 17 September 2026 at the CRIST shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, for Yard number 328, the first of two next-generation fibre-optic cable-laying vessels being built for…

Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has signed a contract with HAI AN TRANSPORT & STEVEDORING JSC (HAIAN) for the construction of two 1,900-TEU…

Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has reportedly ordered another 20 megamax containerships of 24,000 teu each at China's Hengli Heavy Industries, adding roughly 480,000 teu of future capacity to its…

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) said Tuesday it has won a 1.91 trillion-won ($1.44 billion) order from South Korean shipping company HMM to build eight liquefied natural gas…

China's COSCO Shipping Bulk has signed up for another 16 multipurpose grain carriers at Fujian Shipbuilding, extending its newbuilding spree in the dry bulk sector. The 87,000 dwt vessels are backed…

Union Vega Offshore, a new joint venture between UK shipowner Union Maritime and Norway's Vega Maritime, has placed its debut newbuilding order, covering two firm platform supply vessels (PSVs) with…

CMA CGM has officially named CMA CGM Lorenzaccio, its latest 15,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship, expanding the French carrier's fleet of vessels capable of running on alternative marine…