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Shipbuilding news: newbuilding orders, shipyard deliveries, vessel designs and orderbook trends from yards worldwide.
HD Hyundai Marine Solution has agreed to buy 100% of Goltens Worldwide, a leading independent marine engine maintenance company, for approximately $247 million.
Greek shipowners’ combined newbuilding orderbook has climbed past 1,000 vessels for the first time, led by a surge in tanker and bulk carrier contracts.
Greek tanker owner TOP Ships has agreed to buy four special purpose companies holding newbuilding contracts for ice-class 1A MR product tankers at Guangzhou Shipyard International, backed by seven-year charters with a major oil trader.
Evgenia Daskalopoulou, founder and president of Athens-based dry bulk owner Almi Marine Management, has died, the company announced, just days after it placed newbuilding orders for three more ultramax bulkers in China.
The Greek-owned newbuilding orderbook has crossed the 1,000-vessel mark for the first time, according to new data from Xclusiv Shipbrokers.
Capital Maritime Finance, a containership platform linked to Greek shipowner Evangelos Marinakis, is seeking up to €200 million in what is being marketed as the first shipping IPO with a company’s full share capital listed exclusively on Euronext Athens.
Norwegian RoRo operator Höegh Autoliners has formally signed a contract with China Merchants Group for six additional dual-fuel Aurora Class car carriers, expanding its firm newbuilding programme to 18 vessels.
Greek dry bulk operator Globus Maritime has taken delivery of the newbuild Ultramax carrier Glbs Olympia, expanding its fleet to ten vessels.
Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Maritime Development has locked in firm contracts for 24 new vessels at Chinese shipyards, spanning bulk carriers, tankers and VLCCs, with options for 16 more.
Mediterranean Shipping Co. is negotiating to buy the roughly 80% stake in German cruise-ship builder Meyer Werft currently held by the federal government and the state of Lower Saxony.
