Shipbuilding News & Maritime Intelligence

South Korean shipowner HMM has ordered 2+2 50,000 DWT MR product tankers from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, according to shipping broker Bancosta. Each vessel is priced at $52 million, meaning the…

BYD has placed an order for ten additional 9,200 CEU pure car and truck carriers (PCTC), according to multiple industry chain sources cited on LinkedIn. The vessels will be built by China Merchants…

H-Line Shipping of South Korea has ordered two LNG dual-fuel newcastlemax bulk carriers at China's New Times Shipbuilding, marking its return to the dry bulk newbuild market. The 210,000 dwt vessels…

Compagnie Maritime Nantaise has ordered a hybrid roro vessel from Guangzhou Shipyard International to support the logistics needs of Europe's space industry, with delivery due by 2030. No price was…

India launched its first indigenously built Ocean Research Vessel, ORV Sagar Manthan, on 09 Sep 2026 at the Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata. The vessel was constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders…

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