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HD Hyundai drives Korea’s shipbuilding future with digital twins, autonomy, AI robots

27 Apr, 2026
HD Hyundai is accelerating efforts to secure future growth engines by using digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robots. Chairman Chung Ki-sun of HD Hyundai is translating the core theme he presented in this year’s ...

Damen and UK Dredging sign contract for advanced TSHD

25 Apr, 2026
Damen Shipyards Group and Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, have signed a contract for the construction of a new Trailing Suction Grab Hopper Dredger. The agreement, concluded in March through ABP’s subsidiary ...

Konecranes to deliver single-boom shipyard crane to Meyer Turku in Finland

24 Apr, 2026
Konecranes has received an order for a fully erected single-boom shipyard crane from Meyer Turku Oy in Turku, Finland. The order was booked in Q1 2026, with delivery and installation planned for July 2027. Meyer Turku Oy is one of the world...

MHI Marine Machinery & Equipment and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Obtain Approval in Principle (AiP) for the Basic Design of a Methane Oxidation Catalyst System for Marine LNG-Fueled Engines

23 Apr, 2026
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd. (MHI-MME) and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., both part of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have obtained Approval in Principle (AiP)(Note1) from Nippon K...

HD Hyundai Signs MOU With India to Expand Shipbuilding

22 Apr, 2026
The project being pursued by HD Hyundai to establish a new joint venture shipyard in India will be expanded through cooperation with the Indian central government. HD Hyundai announced on April 20 (Monday) that it had concluded a ‘Memorandu...

HD Hyundai’s India shipyard takes shape in latest deal

21 Apr, 2026
HD Hyundai plans to build a shipyard in India as the largest shareholder in a new joint venture with Indian maritime partners, marking the company’s push into a major new market. The company announced Monday that it signed a memorandum of u...

GTT receives an order from Samsung Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new LNG Carriers

21 Apr, 2026
GTT announces that it has received, in the first quarter of 2026, an order from Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard for the tank design of two new Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers (LNGCs) on behalf of Celsius Tankers, the ship-owner. Each vesse...

Q&A: Hydrodynamics and energy efficiency improvements

21 Apr, 2026
Shipowners are increasingly exploring hydrodynamic efficiency improvements – including Energy Saving Devices (ESDs) and hull-form retrofits – to cut fuel consumption, improve CII performance and strengthen short-term returns on existing ton...