Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

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…

Nanjing Tanker, a Shanghai-listed shipowner controlled by China Merchants, has selected Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC) as the winning bidder to build four additional LR2 product and…

Global Car Carriers (GCC), controlled by MSC, has ordered two more LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carriers at Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard in China, expanding its newbuilding programme…

Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Limited (HCSL) has launched MV Major Dhyanchand, the sixth and final vessel in a series of 50-passenger hybrid-electric catamarans being built for the Inland Waterways…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will restart a dormant shipbuilding line at a facility in western Japan during fiscal 2027 to construct a new replenishment vessel for Japan's Defense Ministry, the…