Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

ESL Shipping has taken delivery of the final vessel in its Green Coaster series, completing a newbuilding programme aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of its dry bulk fleet. The delivery,…

Meyer Turku has floated out Hero of the Seas on 4 Sep 2026, marking a key construction milestone for the fourth Icon Class cruise ship built at its Turku shipyard in Finland for Royal Caribbean. The…

Samsung Heavy Industries is developing floating data centers designed to house AI computing infrastructure at sea, with a 50-megawatt design already completed and a larger 200-megawatt version…

Nanjing Shenghang Shipping has placed an order for six 13,500 dwt stainless-steel chemical and product tankers at China Merchants' Nanjing Shipyard, as part of its ongoing fleet renewal programme.…

Babcock LGE, a Rosyth-based marine engineering business within Babcock International, has secured a contract with South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) covering four 88,000-cubic-metre (cbm)…

Trawind Shipping has taken delivery of a new multi-purpose vessel named Trawind Shanghai, expanding the company's fleet of general cargo and project cargo carriers. The vessel joins Trawind…

Rødne Trafikk took delivery of the new M/S

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. named two 174,000 m³ LNG carriers for Malaysia's PETRONAS on 2 Sep 2026, completing a four-vessel newbuild program ordered in April 2022. The ships,…

South Korean shipping firm HMM has agreed a 25-year iron ore shipping contract with Brazilian miner Vale valued at KRW4.7 trillion ($3.49 billion), beginning in 2030. It is the largest long-term…

Windward Offshore has taken delivery of the Windward Hamburg, completing a four-vessel series of purpose-built commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) ordered from shipbuilder Vard. The new…

Schoeller Holdings has placed an order for a series of product tankers at Chengxi Shipyard, marking a return to the Chinese yard as the Cyprus-based owner works to double the size of its MR fleet.…

199 newbuilding orders across 7 segments were recorded in the New-Ships orderbook in week 36/2026 (31 August–06 September 2026), totalling 5,716,996 DWT. Orders Recorded by Segment Segment Orders DWT…