Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

Golar LNG has acquired the 2013-built LNG carrier Grace Dahlia from Japan's NYK Line, securing the donor vessel for its fourth floating LNG conversion and completing a key element of its $2.45bn…

Seaspan Corporation is entering the Newcastlemax dry bulk market with an order for two 210,000-dwt tri-fuel ore carriers to be built at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, with delivery scheduled for 2030.…

Germany plans to purchase four additional Meko A-200 frigates from shipyard TKMS for about €5.6 billion ($6.3 billion), according to a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Approval…

Milan-listed d'Amico International Shipping S.A. (DIS), through its operating subsidiary d'Amico Tankers d.a.c. (Ireland), has exercised its purchase option under the existing bareboat charter-in…

FAIRPLAY Towage Group has placed an order for six new tugs with Sanmar Shipyards as part of a fleet expansion program covering harbor, escort and offshore operations, with deliveries scheduled…

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…