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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding to invest US$825.7 mil for 10% stake in longtime customer Seaspan Corp

11 Mar, 2026
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding plans to pay US$825.7 million to take a 10% stake in a key customer, charter owner Seaspan Corporation, which has been giving it shipbuilding orders for around two decades. According to Yangzijiang, this acquisition...

MOL invests into European Offshore Wind business | Shipyard news

11 Mar, 2026
Japan’s shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced to invest in and to jointly own two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) together with the Cyprus-based Schoeller Holdings Ltd. with delivery scheduled in 2027. MOL h...

Turkish civil society organisations reiterate their call to remove Aliağa shipbreaking yards from the EU list amid environmental damage and systemic negligence

11 Mar, 2026
Members of Turkish organisations raise alarm about critical levels of pollution in Aliağa, as well as severe systemic mismanagement, and continue their call to remove Turkish shipbreaking yards from the EU list of ship recycling facilities ...

Samsung Heavy secures new order for three crude oil tankers

10 Mar, 2026
Samsung Heavy Industries has won an order for three crude oil tankers from a Bermuda-based shipowner, the shipbuilder said on Tuesday. The order, worth 400.1 billion Korean won (about US$290 million), is scheduled for delivery by February 2...

HD Korea Shipbuilding wins 340.2b-won order for two LPG carriers

10 Mar, 2026
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the mid-tier shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai, said on the 10th that it signed a construction contract with a European shipowner for two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers. The...

Korean shipbuilders expected to sell more LNG carriers amid Iran crisis

10 Mar, 2026
Cautious optimism is growing that Korea’s shipbuilding industry could benefit from rising tensions in the Middle East in the wake of U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran. The outlook stems mainly from expectations of stronger demand fo...

ABS and HD Hyundai to Advance Nuclear-Powered Electric Propulsion Systems for Container Ships

09 Mar, 2026
ABS, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HD HSHI) signed a joint development project (JDP) for the “Conceptual Design of a Nuclear-Powered Electric Propulsion System.” The agreem...

Thai companies to advance large shipbuilding projects in country | Shipyard news

09 Mar, 2026
A group of Thai companies including Marsun Public Company Limited have entered into a memorandum of understanding to advance large shipbuilding projects in Thailand, aiming for frigate construction to strengthen the national industrial secu...