Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

Navantia, S.A., S.M.E has officially delivered the 87-metre offshore patrol vessel Moulay Hassan I to the Royal Moroccan Navy, marking a significant step in naval cooperation between Spain and…

Maersk has confirmed orders for 26 large containerships, ending days of speculation over a major fleet expansion programme. The Danish carrier said on Friday that all 26 ships will have capacity of…

CULines signed a contract with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding on 16 September 2026 for two 14,000 TEU containerships, marking the Chinese carrier's first newbuilding order for vessels above 10,000 TEU.…

BW LNG has signed a contract with HD Hyundai to build four LNG carriers featuring a new three-tank design, departing from the conventional four-tank configuration used on standard 174,000-cubic-metre…

Exmar has celebrated the steel cutting ceremony for its first Suezmax tanker at DaeHan Instrument Co., Ltd in South Korea, marking the Belgian shipping group's return to tanker construction after…

Dry bulk shipping company Globus Maritime has taken delivery of the GLBS Olympia, an Ultramax dry bulk carrier built at Nihon Shipyard in Japan. The vessel has a carrying capacity of approximately…

Saronic Technologies has been selected by the U.S. Navy to build Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessels under a firm fixed-price agreement structured through an Other Transaction Authority, marking the…

Ferguson Marine will build a small number of tugboats for speculative sale on the commercial market while the Scottish Government has yet to submit a formal case to competition authorities for four…

France-based Sogestran subsidiary Compagnie Maritime Nantaise has awarded China's Guangzhou Shipyard International a contract to build a new hybrid ro-ro vessel fitted with wind-assist propulsion…

Greek market sources have identified George Procopiou's Dynagas as the previously unnamed Oceania-based owner behind a four-vessel LNG carrier order at Samsung Heavy Industries, valued at…

Greek shipowner George Procopiou's Dynacom Tankers Management has committed close to $1 billion in fresh capital for newbuilding orders at China's Hengli Heavy Industry, expanding its long-term fleet…

China's first ammonia-dual-fuel LPG/liquid-ammonia carriers, André M and GAS CORAL, were named on 16 September in a ceremony marking a milestone for the country's gas-carrier sector. The 25,000-m3…