The Lunar New Year holiday period in China and elsewhere in Asia depressed overall newbuilding activity this week. But China did win an order worth up to USD 400 million for oil tankers from Europe along with a USD 119 million feeder container ship…

The Lunar New Year holiday period in China and other Asian shipbuilding countries is likely to depress newbuilding activity in the next two weeks. But China continued to win most world shipbuilding contracts this week. European customers, especially…

The week saw large orders placed in both China and South Korea, including big container ship and VLCC deals for European customers. Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said it has ordered eight dual-fuel container vessels in China while another…

It was a busy week for Chinese yards with large orders reported for a wide range of ship types. Chinese newbuilding business included a USD 490 million tanker order for Greece, two VLCCs for Norway, carbon dioxide carriers for charter to Norway,…

A massive USD 1.47 billion container ship contract was won by Chinese yards this week, as China again dominated world newbuilding orders. Other Chinese business included a separate container ship order for Europe, RoRo ferries for Scandinavia, gas…

The week saw large newbuilding orders won by China, South Korea, and – unusually – Brazil. Brazil’s state-owned energy group signed contracts worth USD 522 million with Brazilian yards for the construction of 41 vessels as part of government efforts…

China continued to take a firm grip on merchant ship newbuilding orders this week, with new business worth multi-billion dollars won. Container ship orders worth USD 2.68 billion were announced for Chinese yards while a USD 880 million gas carrier…

The year ended and the new year began with multi-billion dollar newbuilding contracts in both the merchant and naval sectors. A massive USD 1.03 billion gas carrier order started 2026 newbuilding business in Korea. Other Korean orders included USD…

It was Germany’s turn to get the world’s largest merchant shipbuilding order reported this week with a cruise ship deal worth up to EUR 10 billion. But it was again China which dominated newbuilding contracts this week, with German customers also…

China once again dominated world shipbuilding orders this week, winning a series of large contracts especially from Europe. China won a USD 7 billion contract to build 87 vessels of different types, an order from a Greek owner for container feeder…

Chinese yards continued their domination of world shipbuilding orders this week, with European customers among those awarding new deals. Chinese business this week included a European order for VLCC tankers and container ships while an initial cruise…

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…

U.S. President Mr Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at reviving U.S. shipbuilding by placing fees on Chinese-built ships calling at U.S. ports with lines also paying fees if they have ordered ships at Chinese yards. But details have…

Concern about efforts by U.S. President Mr Donald Trump to promote U.S. shipbuilding using punishing tariffs on Chinese-built ships again depressed China’s newbuilding orders this week. The first reports of a U.S. customer cancelling shipbuilding…

President Mr Donald Trump's plan to revive the U.S. shipbuilding industry with proposed fees on Chinese-built vessels calling at U.S. ports continued to depress Chinese shipbuilding orders this week. To completely avoid the planned U.S. fees,…

Brokers say Chinese yards are suffering from the uncertainty caused by President Mr Donald Trump’s plans to counter China’s domination of world shipbuilding by imposing financial penalties on Chinese-built ships calling at U.S. ports. The interest…