Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

SwissChemGas, a liquefied petroleum gas trader and shipowner, has ordered two 93,000 cubic metre Very Large Ammonia Carriers from private Chinese shipbuilder Hengli Heavy Industries, according to a…

Tsakos Group has added its first Capesize bulk carrier in three years, naming the vessel Euroleague 26 in honour of Olympiacos basketball club's EuroLeague title win in May 2026. The 2020-built,…

Daehan Shipbuilding said in a regulatory filing on 12 Nov 2026 that it signed a contract on 11 Nov 2026 with an Oceania-based shipping company to build two 157,000-deadweight-ton crude oil tankers,…

Athens-based tanker owner Rubico has agreed to acquire two additional newbuilding MR tankers, raising its total MR newbuild program to five vessels. The company entered into a share purchase…

Seanergy Maritime has added four more vessels worth $264m to its fleet investment programme, raising total spending commitments to $855m. The Nasdaq-listed capesize specialist, led by Stamatis…

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…