Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

CIMC Raffles has delivered the SKIPANES, a high-performance clean-energy Ro-Ro vessel with 3,300 lane-metres, to Faroese shipping company Smyril Line at its Longkou base on 25 Aug 2026. The ship is…

General Dynamics NASSCO delivered the USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8) to the U.S. Navy on Tuesday, marking the completion of the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program. The delivery ceremony…

Turkish shipowner Bayraktar Shipping has returned to the newbuilding market after several years of absence, contracting China Merchants Industry Group's Wuhan Qingshan Shipyard for two firm plus two…

Chowgule and Company's Shipbuilding Division has delivered MV Hansa Anholt, the second vessel in a series of 8,500 DWT ships being built for German shipowner Leonhardt & Blumberg, from its Mangaluru…

Hudong-Zhonghua delivered OOCL CHANCAY on 24 Aug 2026, the lead vessel of a 13,600-TEU large-size container ship series built for Seaspan Corporation of Canada, which is described as the world's…

A new offshore wind operation vessel built for Norwind Offshore has arrived at the Vard Søviknes shipyard in Norway, marking a key construction milestone for the vessel, designated NB 986. The ship…

Jiangnan Shipyard named PACIFIC MERAK, the second vessel (hull H2778) in a series of 100,000-cbm Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC), on 25 Aug 2026, with delivery scheduled for 26 Aug 2026. The vessel…

TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING INC. (TZS) delivered its fourth methanol dual-fuelled 5,900 TEU container carrier on 25 Aug 2026, marking another milestone in the Japanese shipbuilder's…

ADNOC Logistics & Services has exercised two options for additional LNG carrier newbuildings at Jiangnan Shipyard in China, expanding its orderbook at the yard to six LNG carriers. The two vessels…

Höegh Autoliners has ordered six additional dual-fuel, zero-carbon-ready Aurora class vessels, extending its newbuilding programme to a total of 18 ships. The new vessels are scheduled for delivery…

Mawei Shipbuilding, a unit of Fujian Chuanzheng Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., has secured a contract to build two firm Construction Support Vessels (CSV) with options for two more, expanding the…

Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry Co., Ltd. held a naming and delivery ceremony on 18 Aug 2026 for the Champion Tern, the fourth MR-type chemical tanker built for Champion Tankers AS under a…

The 50,000-DWT oil tanker RHODES STAR was delivered on 22 Aug 2026, departing the shipyard berth to enter operational service. The vessel was built by New Yangzi Shipbuilding, a unit of Yangzijiang…

Chantier Davie Canada has been awarded a C$11Bn (US$8Bn) contract to build six Polar Class 3 icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, marking the largest shipbuilding contract in Québec's history.…

Thailand-based carrier Regional Container Lines (RCL) has placed a newbuilding order for four container feeder vessels with China's CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, extending a long-standing…

Smyril Line has taken delivery of its new Ro-Ro freight vessel Skipanes from the CIMC Raffles shipyard in Yantai, China. The vessel will strengthen the company's freight services in the North…

The bidirectional transhipment vessel WONTANARA (Hull No. CX9403) was delivered to its owner on 21 Jul 2026 at ChengXi Shipyard in Jiangsu Province, China. The delivery followed a joint effort by…

Chinese shipbuilder Anhui Zhongrun Heavy Industry has disclosed an order from an unnamed Greek shipowner for two firm plus three optional 41,000-dwt MR1 product/chemical tankers, with shipbroking and…

Maran Tankers Management (MTM), a unit of Greek shipping company Angelicoussis Group, has taken delivery of the fourth of eight LNG dual-fuel oil tankers being built by China's New Times…

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has signed a contract worth ₩515.4 billion (approximately $373.5 million) with an Oceania-based shipping company for four LPG carriers, priced at roughly…

82 newbuilding orders across 6 segments were recorded in the New-Ships orderbook in week 34/2026 (17 August–23 August 2026), totalling 4,763,300 DWT. Orders Recorded by Segment Segment Orders DWT…

CSSC Huangpu Wenchong has signed a contract with Hong Kong-based ASL Shipping for two firm plus two optional 5,300 TEU SWAN Series containerships, extending a long-standing partnership between the…

Iino Lines has taken delivery of the Lumi Aurora, a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) equipped with LPG dual-fuel propulsion technology. The vessel is designed to run on liquefied petroleum gas…

CSSC Dalian Shipbuilding, operating as Dalian Shipbuilding Tianjin, delivered the 115,000 DWT LR2 product tanker Elandra Hawk to Vitol Shipping Group on 21 Aug 2026, some 40 days ahead of the…

Navigation Maritime Bulgare has taken delivery of a new 32,000 DWT bulk carrier named m/v Stara Planina, with the ship's flag raised on 20 Aug 2026 at the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu…

Wilson Sons launched WS Ariel on 20 Aug 2026 at Pier Mauá in Rio de Janeiro, the third high-powered tugboat in the port and shipping logistics operator's new shipbuilding series. The vessel was built…

Fincantieri and Viking have signed contracts for two new cruise ships, extending a shipbuilding relationship that now totals 28 vessels. The agreement stems from options Viking announced in April…