Brokers say French shipping group CMA CGM is in talks with yards in China and South Korea about ordering more container ships. Brokers say CMA CGM is asking Chinese yards for prices to build up to 12 LNG-dual fuel container ships of about 18,000 TEU. Brokers say CMA CGM is also in talks about…

South Korea’s shipbuilders, which have good order books, will prioritise the signing of high-value contracts in 2025 to improve profitability as Chinese yards are expected to win many orders for low-price vessels. Optimism remains strong among Korean yards that 2025 will see good demand for new…

German industrial group Thyssenkrupp said it has received expressions of interest from several companies for a possible takeover of, or partnership with, its naval yard subsidiary thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The names of the possible buyers are being kept confidential, a thyssenkrupp…

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has concluded that China uses unfair policies and practices to dominate the world shipbuilding, maritime and logistics industries, reports in Washington say about the results of a months-long trade investigation. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ms Katherine…

Egypt plans an order to build 12 deepsea fishing vessels. The plan was announced by the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mr Osama Rabie. These new vessels will operate as part of an integrated system for fishing, processing and packaging fish, contributing to the modernisation of Egypt's…

Singapore yard ST Engineering said it has a contract for the design and construction of a walk-to-work (W2W) vessel to transport technical personnel to repair offshore oil and gas installations. Customer was given only as a leading oil and gas company. This marks ST Engineering's expansion into the…

Indian yards Cochin Shipyard and Reliance Naval and Engineering are in detailed negotiations about building four non-nuclear-powered icebreakers for operation by Russian state atomic energy company Rosatom. The Russian government said in October 2024 it planned to place orders for icebreakers in…

Brokers say Chinese yard New Times Shipbuilding has an order from Greek customer Pleiades Shipping Agents for three more product tankers of 73,000dwt. They will be delivered in 2028. It is believed the deal involves confirmation of options taken with a previous order in October 2024. Pleiades has…

China’s Wuhu Shipyard has an order from British shipping company RFOcean for one 6,600dwt stainless steel chemical tanker. In 2023, Wuhu Shipyard and RFOcean had signed a contract for four 6,600dwt methanol dual-fuel chemical tankers. RFOcean focuses on finding solutions to reduce carbon dioxide…

Chinese shipping group Xingtong Shipping said its subsidiary Xingtong Kaicheng Shipping has signed a contract with China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group and China Shipbuilding Trading to build two 25,900dwt stainless steel chemical tankers. The order includes two options for repeat vessels.…

Brokers say China’s CSSC Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard has an order for two 1,900 TEU feeder container ships from a German customer. The order is worth about USD 32.2 million per ship. The contract includes two options for repeat vessels. They are expected to have conventional propulsion.

Danish towage operator Svitzer said it has ordered a battery-powered tug with 70 tonnes bollard pull from Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards. The tug will be used in the Oresund Strait between Denmark and Sweden. It will be of design type ElectRA 2500-SX from naval architect Robert Allan Ltd and will be…

British shipping group James Fisher and Sons plc said it has ordered four product tankers of 6,000 dwt from Chinese yard group China Merchants. They will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard and carry oil products and IMO Class II chemicals. They will have LNG dual-fuel propulsion capability…

Brokers say Chinese shipping company Kawa Shipping (Hong Kong) has ordered three 4,800 TEU container ships from China’s Wuhu Shipyard. The order includes one option for a repeat vessel. The order is worth about USD 60 million per ship giving an expected total price of USD 240 million including the…

Poland’s defence ministry has ordered a submarine rescue and subsea infrastructure protection vessel of 6,500 tonnes displacement from a Polish consortium. The order is worth about EUR 230 million. The contract was awarded to consortium comprising Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (Polish Armaments Group)…

British shipping group Bibby Marine said it has signed a shipbuilding contract with Spanish shipyard Armon to build an electrically-propelled offshore wind farm support vessel. The order is for a commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) which will feature a battery system complemented by…

Dutch yard Heesen Yachts said it has an order for a 55m superyacht. The 760 gross ton vessel has the build number YN 21255, is called Project Angelica, and is the newest addition to Heesen’s 55m steel superyacht series. The vessel will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027. The undisclosed…

Dutch yard Royal Bodewes said it has won an order from Dutch shipping company Pot Scheepvaart for one more 6,340dwt multi-purpose freighter. The ice class 1A ship is the second of this type ordered following a previous contract placed in March 2024. Construction of the second vessel will start in…

German yard Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG and its associate company Ampereship have an order to design and build an electric/solar powered ferry of 15.2m length for sailings around the German North Sea island of Helgoland. Customer is Helgoland’s Hafenprojektgesellschaft Helgoland mbH. The vessel will…

Danish shipping company Norden said it is behind an order for two 17,500dwt multi-purpose (MPP) freighters placed with an unnamed yard. Norden said it has signed vessel leases with purchase options, with the vessels expected to be delivered by the end of 2026. Norden said it has taken options for an…