Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

French shipowner LD Armateurs has announced plans to acquire three platform supply vessels (PSVs) currently under construction and convert them into specialized cable-laying vessels, strengthening…

Ravi Mehrotra's London-based Foresight Group has returned to the newbuilding market after a decade-long absence, linked to a $470m order for four very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) at South Korea's…

Greek shipowner Panos Efthimiadis is expanding into dry bulk shipping for the first time, with his Athens-based Leon Shipping & Trading linked to a kamsarmax newbuilding at China's Hengli Heavy…

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd (SWS), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), handed over Adora Flora City on 06 Nov 2026, China's second large domestically built cruise…

Regional Container Lines (RCL) has placed an order for two additional container vessels valued at $213 million, expanding its newbuilding orderbook as the Thai carrier continues to grow its fleet…

120 newbuilding orders across 8 segments were recorded in the New-Ships orderbook in week 45/2026 (02 November–08 November 2026), totalling 1,244,000 DWT. Orders Recorded by Segment Segment Orders…

Seaspan Shipyards has awarded Algoma Steel Inc. and Stigterstaal Canada a contract worth approximately $182 million to supply steel plate for up to six multi-purpose icebreakers (MPI) being built for…

FMT Shipyard & Repair in Harvey, La., has delivered the 1,600-hp towboat Ann Nash to Maritime Partners of Metairie, La., the fourth vessel the yard has completed for the marine leasing company. The…

Navios Partners has confirmed contracts for seven additional newbuilds worth $700m, expanding the US-listed owner's orderbook to 34 vessels. The latest investments cover both tanker and container…

Greek owner Thanassis Laskaridis has doubled his LR2 tanker newbuilding commitment at China's Hengli Heavy Industries, ordering two more 114,000 dwt vessels and taking his total commitment at the…

Shipowner Ravi Mehrotra has returned to the newbuilding market after a 10-year absence, ordering four very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) as the opening move in his Foresight Group's planned $1.2bn…

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), the Singapore-based company owned by Idan Ofer, has signed contracts with Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding for two 9,000-TEU and two 6,000-TEU container ships, market…