European customers continued to return to Chinese yards this week as fears faded that the Trump Administration will impose port fees and other sanctions on Chinese-built ships, with a trade deal between China and the U.S. still possible. European…

It was yet another week with a billion dollar container ship order and other container vessel deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Plans by the Trump administration in the U.S. to impose fees on Chinese-built ships calling at U.S. ports from…

Chinese yards won more orders as another week passed without any significant news about a U.S./China trade deal while concern faded about possible U.S. fees and other sanctions on Chinese built ships in U.S. ports. Chinese orders this week included…

Massive multi-billion dollar container shipbuilding orders have been reported repeatedly this summer and this week was no exception. This time China is set to win a USD 1.1 billion order as a customer in Asia continues a huge newbuilding programme.…

South Korean president Mr Lee Jae Myung said Korea will deliver on promises to invest USD 150 billion to "Make America Shipbuilding Great Again" to avoid U.S. import tariffs during talks this week with U.S. president Mr Donald Trump. More details of…

Global markets continued this week to await news about a possible  U.S.-China trade deal, with investment decisions including in shipbuilding postponed, keeping new merchant ship orders at a depressed level. Chinese yards had a decent order flow, but…

Continued uncertainty about the U.S./China trade deal caused uncertainty in world markets this week, with some investments postponed as the Trump administration extended the trade truce with China for another 90 days. But Chinese yards again won…

Big new contracts for container ships were signalled this week with two European lines separately considering orders which could be worth together around USD 5.5 billion. Chinese yards had a good week with trade tensions with the United States…

South Korea has agreed a USD 150 billion dollar shipbuilding investment programme in the U.S. as part of a U.S./South Korea trade deal agreed this week. Chinese yards had an active week as the outcome of tariff talks between the U.S. and China in…

President Donald Trump’s efforts to revive U.S. shipbuilding showed some results this week with a contract for an LNG carrier placed with a U.S. yard, the largest gas carrier ordered in the United States for about 45 years, although much vessel…

Global shipbuilding orders remained at a relatively low level this week with uncertainty about the impact on world trade of import tariffs planned by the Trump administration in the U.S. causing investment decisions to be delayed. Chinese business…

South Korean yards had an excellent week with over USD 1 billion of orders won. South Korea signed a USD 610.6 million contract to build container ships with options for repeat vessels which could bring the total order value later to USD 915.9…

Chinese yards had a very successful week as the trade dispute between China and the United States continues to cool. European customers, especially Greeks, ordered heavily in South Korea and China. In China, a European container ship order worth up…

Chinese yards won more business from European customers this week as the threat of U.S. financial sanctions on Chinese-built ships faded. European orders in China this week included a series of six tankers, one order for eight container ships and two…

The trade war between the U.S. and China remained quiet this week and Chinese yards again started winning more export orders despite the threat of extra fees for Chinese-built ships calling at U.S. ports. A Scandinavian customer ordered container…

South Korea won a massive USD 1.76 billion order for dual-fuel container ships this week while a major deal for a VLCC tanker was also reported for Korea. Korean and Chinese yards are in talks about building more VLCC tankers for different…

It was again a relatively quiet week for orders worldwide, as shipping companies awaited more news about the Trump administration’s import tariffs and plans to impose punishing fees on Chinese-built ships calling at U.S. ports. A European customer…

The market focus this week was again on the impact of plans by the Trump administration to impose fees on Chinese-built ships in U.S. ports to generate more orders for U.S. yards. A USD 2.6 billion container ship order is likely to be placed in South…

More Chinese orders were reported this week after the Trump administration in the United States paused its wider import tariffs against China and scaled back its planned fees on Chinese built ships calling at U.S. ports. Chinese deals this week…

Chinese yards won most newbuilding orders placed worldwide for large merchant ships in April this year after a sharp fall in March after the Trump government announced plans aimed at transferring newbuilding orders from Chinese to U.S. yards. Large…

Global investment uncertainty generated by the U.S. trade wars continued to depress world shipbuilding orders this week, with new contracts again well below levels in recent months. But the first talks on trade planned by the U.S. and China in…

This week saw multi-billion-dollar orders placed in South Korea as the Trump administration’s sanctions on Chinese-built ships continued to transfer newbuilding business away from Chinese yards. A European customer ordered 18 container ships in South…

Global newbuilding orders were again at a low level this week following the Easter holiday in many countries and because of general economic uncertainty. Brokers said concern about the import tariffs from the Trump Government in the U.S. along with…

The global economic uncertainty following the U.S. import tariff storm caused an investment reduction which is also hitting shipbuilding. Brokers say this uncertainty caused a sharp fall in world newbuilding orders, especially in China but also in…