Shipbuilding Archives (2024)

Cruise Ships

Fincantieri and Crystal have recently announced a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the construction of two high-end cruise ships, with the potential for a

Shipbuilding

U.S. shipbuilder Philly Shipyard will be sold to South Korean conglomerate Hanwha in a deal value at $100 million. The confirmation comes after months of

Shipbuilding

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has been contracted to construct Japan’s first two methanol-fueled

Environment

In a significant step towards environmentally friendly shipping, an innovative ship design for an ammonia-fueled 3,500 TEU container vessel has received

Navy

May 31 (Reuters)–Austal Ltdhas secured a $516 million contract to construct the lead ship of the United StatesNavy’s ocean surveillance

Defense

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report details a multitude of missteps of the Navy’s FFG 62 Frigate

Defense

ByTony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The US Navy mishandled oversight of a $22 billion frigate program to replace the much-criticized and more vulnerable

Shipbuilding

Oslo-based roll-on/roll-off shipping company, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, has placed orders for four more “Shaper class” vessels. With these new

Shipbuilding

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Seaspan Corporation for its groundbreaking Next Generation Feeder Ship Design. The

Offshore

Cadeler A/S, a leading specialist in offshore wind vessels, has confirmed the order for its third cutting-edge A-class wind farm installation vessel, the Wind

Shipbuilding

(Bloomberg) — South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. will set up operations in a former US naval base in the Philippines, an investment

Shipbuilding

Space launch company United Launch Alliance (ULA) has partnered with Bollinger Shipyards and Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. to design and build a new ship for

Offshore

The first American-built, owned, and crewed offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV), the ECO EDISON, was launched over the weekend, marking a significant

Shipbuilding

The shipping industry has witnessed a record delivery of 1 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) of container ship capacity in the first four months of

Offshore

By Stephen Treloar and Kari Lundgren (Bloomberg) — The vessel that will tap Norway’s newest oil field is now undergoing final checks before setting

Shipbuilding

Maritime Partners has received a Design Basis Agreement from the U.S. Coast Guard for the M/V Hydrogen One towboat. The Hydrogen One will be use e1 Marine

Defense

By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – The U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter program intended to renew the service’s aging icebreaker fleet continues

Shipbuilding

Alphaliner reports a record month for containership newbuild deliveries in April, surpassing the previous record set in March. A staggering 50 new ships were

Shipbuilding

U.S. shipbuilder Philly Shipyard, Inc. and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), South Korea’s largest shipbuilding group, have signed a

Environment

Malaysia’s MISC Berhad, through its tanker subsidiary AET, has signed contracts for the world’s first two ammonia dual-fuel Aframaxes. The deal