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Shipbuilding news: newbuilding orders, shipyard deliveries, vessel designs and orderbook trends from yards worldwide.
Greek shipping interests have placed orders for 14 new vessels including VLCCs, LNG carriers and ammonia carriers as disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz tighten global tanker supply.
Maersk has confirmed an order for 26 large container vessels of 18,600 TEU each, equipped with dual-fuel engines able to run on liquefied gas, as part of its fleet renewal programme.
Greek shipping magnate George Procopiou has placed close to $3 billion in newbuilding orders across VLCCs, ammonia carriers and LNG carriers in just over a week, led by an eight-ship, near-$1 billion package at China’s Hengli Heavy Industry.
A fire aboard the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Melody during repairs at Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding killed 25 of the 42 people on board.
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean has secured a contract worth roughly $1.06 billion from Taiwan’s Yang Ming Marine Transport to build six 13,650-TEU LNG dual-fuel container ships at its Geoje shipyard.
An unnamed Greek shipowner has ordered six firm 115,000 dwt aframax tankers plus two options from South Korea’s SK Oceanplant in a deal worth up to $583 million.
COSCO Shipping Holdings has contracted 18 new containerships worth RMB20.27 billion ($2.99 billion), taking its 2026 newbuilding commitments in the segment to 48 vessels and roughly $8 billion.
Greek shipowner Evangelos Pistiolis has secured his first construction slots at South Korea’s K Shipbuilding with an order for two MR product and chemical tankers.
COSCO Shipping Energy has ordered four new LNG carriers from China’s Jiangnan Shipyard in a deal worth more than $900 million, expanding its gas-carrying fleet.
LNG carrier deliveries are on pace for a record 90 to 100 vessels in 2026, as owners race to keep up with rising liquefied natural gas export capacity.
