US shipbuilder Master Boat Builders has won a US Navy contract to build three landing craft utility vessels, with an option covering a fourth vessel, the yard said. The vessels will be constructed at the company's shipyard in Coden, Alabama, with work expected to continue into 2029. Financial terms…

Egyptian yard Misr Tugboat Factory has won a contract worth an estimated USD 140 million to build at least five terminal tugboats for Egypt’s Damietta port, as the country seeks to strengthen emergency response and port support capabilities following increased maritime security concerns in the…

US shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said its has won a USD 336 million contract from the US Navy to begin procuring long lead time materials for the planned construction of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier CVN 82. The contract, awarded to HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division,…

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries said it has won orders worth about USD 1.2 billion for six gas carriers and tankers from an unnamed shipowner, further boosting its lead over last year's commercial shipbuilding sales. The shipbuilder said in a statement to the South Korean stock market that…

Taiwan's largest shipbuilder CSBC Corporation and US autonomy technology company Havoc have signed a partnership agreement to pursue licensed co-production of autonomous surface vessels in Taiwan for maritime security applications. The agreement aims to combine CSBC's shipbuilding and production…

China's Nanjing Shenghang Shipping Group has ordered six stainless steel chemical tankers from China Merchants Heavy Industry Nanjing Shipyard. The deal is worth about USD 148 million, as Nanjing Shenghang expands capacity in the high-end chemical transport sector. The shipbuilding contract was…

Brokers say Greek shipowner Alassia Newships Management has ordered four bulk carriers at Japanese shipyards for delivery between 2029 and 2030. The orders comprise one bulk carrier at Oshima Shipbuilding, two sister vessels at Imabari Shipbuilding and one vessel at Nakanishi Shipbuilding. The…

US defence technology company Bulwark Dynamics has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese yard Onomichi Dockyard to build a series of autonomous landing craft in Japan. The agreement covers series construction of Bulwark's Caravel unmanned surface vessel series and could also lead to the…

Norwegian aquaculture services company Froy said it has ordered three fish farm service vessels from China's Rainbow Nantong Shipyard as it expands capacity to meet growing demand. Two of the three vessels have already been placed on long-term contracts with two of Norway's largest aquaculture…

China’s CSSC Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has won a contract worth CNY 2.76 billion (USD 412 million) to build a deep-sea all-weather floating research platform for Shanghai Jiao Tong University, according to a tender award announcement. The project forms part of a major national scientific and…

Brokers say Greek shipowner Aegean Shipping Management has ordered a second VLCC from China's Hengli Heavy Industries as it expands from product tanker operations into the crude oil shipping market. The latest vessel was ordered after the company exercised an option at the Chinese shipyard on…

Chinese shipbuilder Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding said it has won an order from Singapore-based Wealth Holdings Shipping Pte Ltd to build up to six multi-purpose vessels of 25,000 dwt. The contract covers two firm vessels and options for two additional batches of two ships each. Financial terms…

Brokers say Geneva-based Advantage Tankers has ordered four medium range (MR) product tankers at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China, expanding a newbuilding programme that has recently focused on larger crude tankers. Brokers say Advantage, led by Tugrul Tokgoz, is the buyer behind the…

Chinese yard Jiangsu Haitong Offshore Engineering Equipment (JSHT) has won an order from China's Fujian Shipping Group for two bulk carriers, according to shipbroking sources. The vessels will each be about 82,000 dwt. Financial terms and delivery dates were not disclosed. The latest deal marks a…

China's CSSC Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding and China Shipbuilding Trading Co have formally signed a contract with Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines to build six 11,000-TEU container ships. Wan Hai announced in August that it intended to order six methanol and LNG dual-fuel-ready container…

Brokers say French container shipping group CMA CGM is being linked to a planned order for twelve ultra large LNG dual-fuel container ships at China's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group in a deal worth up to USD 3 billion. Shipbroking reports said Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is expected to build the…

Brokers say Greek shipowner George Procopiou's Dynacom Tankers Management has placed orders with Chinese yard Hengli Heavy Industries for a package of eight newbuildings worth about USD 1 billion to USD 1.1 billion, extending one of the largest owner/shipyard relationships in the shipping industry.…

Brokers say Danish container giant A.P. Moller Maersk is preparing a fleet expansion programme worth about USD 8.9 billion that could include up to 42 newbuildings across several size categories, among them the largest container ships ever ordered by the Danish shipping group. The vessels are…

Argentina’s Government has authorised a programme to order three conventional submarines valued at up to USD 2.3 billion, with Germany's TKMS and France's Naval Group competing for the contract. Argentina is to restore its submarine fleet nearly a decade after the loss at sea of the sub ARA San Juan…