The naming ceremony for two new vessels took place last week at Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering Co. Ltd, marking a key milestone in their development. The event followed a welcome dinner in Shanghai and a shipyard tour fo…
Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has awarded contracts for three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers to Chinese shipbuilders Hudong‑Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group and China…
On 05 Jun 2026, Hengli Heavy Industry held a naming and delivery ceremony for two 306,000 DWT very large crude carriers (VLCCs), setting a new global shipbuilding record by delivering both vessels on the same day. The VL…
XINGTONG SHIPPING CO LTD has placed an order for a 13,000 DWT chemical carrier with TAIZHOU KOUAN SHIPBUILDING CO.,LTD. The vessel will measure 133.3 meters in length, 21.5 meters in width, and 11.6 meters in depth. It w…
XINGTONG SHIPPING CO LTD has placed an order for a new chemical carrier at TAIZHOU MAPLE LEAF SHIPBUILDING, LTD on 03 Jun 2026. The vessel will have a deadweight of 13,000 DWT, measuring 133.3 meters in length, 21.5 mete…
PLEIADES SHIPPING AGENTS SA has placed an order for new conventional fuel tankers with CSSC GUANGZHOU LONGXUE SHIPBUILDING CO.,LTD. The contract, confirmed on 03 Jun 2026, covers vessels each with a deadweight tonnage of…
ERASMUS SHIPINVEST BV has placed an order for conventional fuel container ships with a capacity of 1,900 TEU at CSSC Guangzhou (Huangpu) Wenchong Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (HPWS). The order was confirmed on 3 June 2026, wit…
HEUNG-A SHIPPING CO LTD has placed an order for a 26,000 DWT chemical carrier with WUCHANG SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY GROUP CO LTD (CSSC)(CSIC). The vessel will measure 158.98 meters in length, 26.8 meters in width, and 14.2 …
China has delivered the LNG tanker Puteri Johor, featuring a 174,000 cubic meter capacity and fully domestic cryogenic valves in its cargo tank insulation system. Built by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Ch…
Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) has received a repeat order from Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) for four 8-cylinder methanol-ready DZ engines. These engines are intended for Carsten Rehder’s new Coral …
Seaspan successfully delivered SEASPAN YANGTZE, the lead vessel in its 10K series methanol dual-fuel retrofit programme, on 2 Jun 2026. The retrofit, completed by Shanghai COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, cost around USD 2…
VARD, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Fincantieri Group, has secured its largest order ever from US research organization Inkfish for a next-generation deep-sea research vessel. The contract, valued at nearly 700 million e…