Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

Volare Shipping has agreed to purchase a modern, scrubber-fitted eco VLCC from an affiliate of Trafigura Maritime Logistics (TML), its indirect majority shareholder, for US$210m. The vessel, named…

Chinese shipbuilder Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) has launched a floating production, storage and offloading hull expected to serve ExxonMobil's Longtail project offshore Guyana. The vessel,…

Regional Container Lines (RCL) posted a net profit of THB 3.26 billion for the third quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 64.7% from THB 1.98 billion in the previous quarter, as higher freight rates…

Wildcat Defense, part of Wildcat Equity Partners, has signed an exclusive agreement to acquire Fraser Industries, the Superior, Wisconsin-based parent company of Fraser Shipyards LLC, Lake Assault…

China Merchants has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with authorities in Quanzhou, Fujian province, to take control of the long-dormant Quanzhou Shipyard, according to Splash247. The…

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangmen Nanyang Ship Engineering has secured contracts for 11 ultramax bulk carriers and one open-hatch carrier, extending its rapid run of new orders. The addition brings the…

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Co. launched a 600-ton autonomous surface vessel (ASV) jointly developed with U.S. defense firm Anduril Industries on 12 Nov 2026, as the company seeks to expand…

A group of South Korean companies has signed an agreement to repurpose part of the Gunsan Shipyard into a manufacturing base for the offshore wind power industry, incorporating wind energy production…

Dighi Port in Maharashtra has been selected as the site for what is planned to be India's largest shipyard, as part of efforts to expand the country's domestic shipbuilding capacity. The facility,…

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…