Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

Thai shipowner Precious Shipping has ordered four 64,500 dwt ultramax bulk carriers at Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering in China for a combined $141.8m. Each vessel is priced at $35.45m, with…

SFL Corporation Ltd. has agreed to build two 93,000 cbm Very Large Ammonia Carriers, with delivery scheduled from the second quarter of 2028. The aggregate yard construction cost for the two vessels…

Acta Marine has christened the construction service operation vessel Acta Hercules in IJmuiden, marking a further step in a four-vessel newbuild programme aimed at expanding the company's capacity in…

U-Ming Marine Transport has placed orders for six bulk carriers at Chinese shipyards in a deal valued between $296 million and $312 million. The Taiwanese owner is contracting the vessels through its…

Almi Marine Management of Athens has ordered three additional 64,000 dwt ultramax bulk carriers at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in Zhoushan, bringing its total newbuilding programme to five vessels.…

Greek shipowner Carlova Maritime has ordered two 114,000-dwt Aframax tankers from Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding, expanding its newbuilding programme. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the…

China's Wuhu Shipyard has delivered a new 6,600-tonne-capacity chemical and product tanker equipped with 12 independent cargo tanks and a DC electric propulsion system. The vessel is designed to…

Japanese shipping group K Line has been named as the party behind a newbuilding contract worth $494 million for a pair of LNG carriers to be built at Samsung Heavy Industries, according to industry…

147 newbuilding orders across 9 segments were recorded in the New-Ships orderbook in week 40/2026 (28 September–04 October 2026), totalling 3,467,600 DWT. Orders Recorded by Segment Segment Orders…

SAAM Towage has officially christened the SAAM Petrel tugboat in Arica, Chile, where it will support port operations. The ceremony brought together local authorities, port representatives and SAAM…

Chilean polar cruise operator Antarctica21 has announced that its newbuild vessel Magellan Discoverer is nearing completion at the ASENAV yard in Valdivia, Chile, with arrival in Punta Arenas planned…

Contships Logistics, a Greek feeder vessel operator led by Nikolas Pateras, has launched a shipbuilding programme in China that could eventually total 30 new vessels. Its wholly owned subsidiary CLC…