Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

Nanjing Shenghang Shipping has placed an order for six 13,500 dwt stainless-steel chemical and product tankers at China Merchants' Nanjing Shipyard, as part of its ongoing fleet renewal programme.…

Babcock LGE, a Rosyth-based marine engineering business within Babcock International, has secured a contract with South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) covering four 88,000-cubic-metre (cbm)…

Trawind Shipping has taken delivery of a new multi-purpose vessel named Trawind Shanghai, expanding the company's fleet of general cargo and project cargo carriers. The vessel joins Trawind…

Rødne Trafikk took delivery of the new M/S

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. named two 174,000 m³ LNG carriers for Malaysia's PETRONAS on 2 Sep 2026, completing a four-vessel newbuild program ordered in April 2022. The ships,…

South Korean shipping firm HMM has agreed a 25-year iron ore shipping contract with Brazilian miner Vale valued at KRW4.7 trillion ($3.49 billion), beginning in 2030. It is the largest long-term…

Windward Offshore has taken delivery of the Windward Hamburg, completing a four-vessel series of purpose-built commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) ordered from shipbuilder Vard. The new…

Schoeller Holdings has placed an order for a series of product tankers at Chengxi Shipyard, marking a return to the Chinese yard as the Cyprus-based owner works to double the size of its MR fleet.…

199 newbuilding orders across 7 segments were recorded in the New-Ships orderbook in week 36/2026 (31 August–06 September 2026), totalling 5,716,996 DWT. Orders Recorded by Segment Segment Orders DWT…

Greek owner Sea Pioneer Shipping has emerged as the company behind SK Oceanplant's recently announced series of six firm plus two optional aframax tankers. Market sources have identified the Vasilis…

Germany's Leonhardt & Blumberg has ordered another two 49,500 dwt MR chemical and product tankers at Guangzhou Shipyard International, further expanding a newbuilding programme launched two years…

Hanwha Ocean has signed a shipbuilding contract with Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine Transport for six 13,650-TEU LNG dual-fuel container ships, worth approximately 1.55 trillion won. The order, announced…