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Newbuildings
Every Vessel Hunter story on Newbuildings: 31 stories, from 30 June 2026 to 28 August 2026. Newest: "Navios Partners Posts 274 Million Dollar First-Half Net Income". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Navios Partners Posts 274 Million Dollar First-Half Net Income
Navios Maritime Partners reported net income of $274.3m for the first half of 2026 as its multi-segment fleet absorbed disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea.
Viking Holds $4 Billion in Cash and Sets a Four-Part Test for Acquisitions
Viking closed the second quarter with $4 billion in cash and an undrawn $1 billion revolver, and says any acquisition must beat the returns its own newbuildings generate.
Maersk Drops Its Fleet Cap as Capacity Passes 4.7m TEU
Maersk has abandoned the 4.0 to 4.4 million teu ceiling that defined its strategy for the decade, with its operated fleet already past 4.7 million teu and CMA CGM closing the gap.
MSC Reaches 500 Secondhand Boxship Purchases Since 2020
MSC has bought its 500th secondhand containership since August 2020, taking its operated fleet from about 3.8m teu to close to 7.4m teu and more than 21 percent of global capacity.
Shipping Corporation Of India Tenders For Two LNG Dual-Fuel Boxships With Options
The Shipping Corporation of India has issued its largest newbuilding tender, seeking two LNG dual-fuel container ships of around 8,000 boxes with options for four more.
Hengli Says It Has Booked 253 Newbuildings In Seven Months
Chinese shipbuilder Hengli Heavy Industry says it has contracted 253 newbuildings in seven months and plans to add 100,000 industrial workers, doubling its headcount.
Ciner takes its ammonia carrier investment past $1bn
Turkish conglomerate Ciner has ordered three more very large ammonia carriers in South Korea, taking its investment in the segment past $1bn.
Dynacom's VLCC Order Book At Hengli Reaches Twenty Ships
George Procopiou's Dynacom Tankers has ordered four more very large crude carriers at Hengli Heavy Industry, taking the Greek owner's programme at the Chinese yard to twenty vessels.
Shipbuilding Veteran Named As Scorpio Tankers' VLCC Partner
Scorpio Tankers is understood to be partnering with Chinese shipbuilding veteran Ren Yuanlin on eight scrubber-fitted VLCCs under construction in China, taking a minority stake of less than 15 percent.
COSCO Approves Fifteen Newcastlemax Bulkers Worth 7.9 Billion Yuan
COSCO Shipping Development has approved an order for fifteen Newcastlemax bulk carriers of 210,000 tonnes capacity each, to be built at two Chinese shipyards for a total contract value of 7.92 billion yuan, around 1.1 billion dollars.
Stealth Maritime Lifts Korean Newbuilding Programme To Around 1.3 Billion Dollars
Greek owner Stealth Maritime, part of the Harry Vafias group, has returned to South Korea with a fresh order that takes its total investment in newbuilding projects to approximately 1.3 billion dollars.
HMM Halts Container Ship Orders To Pivot Into Energy Shipping
HMM has halted plans for at least ten new 13,000 teu container ships and is redirecting investment into tankers, LNG carriers and very large gas carriers, stepping out of the boxship ordering wave.
CK Line orders up to four 6,400 teu boxships in China
South Korea's CK Line has returned to Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding in Guangzhou with an order for up to four container ships, extending a relationship that began with a pair of feeder vessels delivered last year.
Product tanker deliveries set for a sixteen-year high
New deliveries of product tankers are forecast to reach 12m dwt in 2025, an increase of 256% from 3.4m dwt in 2024.
HD Hyundai Samho delivers first very large ammonia carrier
The 93,000 cu m Jane Maersk is the first of five VLACs for Maersk, from a builder now holding 22 on order worth about $2.55bn.
COSCO approves fifteen newcastlemax bulkers
COSCO Shipping Development has approved orders for 15 newcastlemax bulk carriers worth about $1.1bn, all leased within the group for 20 years.
GTT expects 550 more LNG carriers to be ordered by 2035
GTT expects around 550 LNG carriers to be ordered by 2035, on top of an orderbook already equal to almost two fifths of the trading fleet.
Andriaki breaks its newbuilding silence with an LR1 pair
Greek tanker owner Andriaki Shipping has been linked to two LR1 tanker newbuildings in China, its first such order in roughly a decade.
China Merchants Energy lines up 10 newbuildings across three segments
China Merchants Energy Shipping has laid out plans for 10 newbuildings across tankers, containerships and dry bulk as it continues a broad fleet renewal.
Bruton to split 12-ship VLCC programme into two listed vehicles
Tor Olav Trøim-backed Bruton is dividing its 12-VLCC programme into two listed companies, keeping four delivered supertankers in a dividend payer and spinning off eight newbuildings.
Advantage Tankers orders suezmax pair at Samsung
Geneva-based Advantage Tankers has confirmed two suezmax newbuildings at Samsung Heavy Industries. The 157,000 dwt dual-fuel-ready crude tankers Advantage Spirit and Advantage Synergy are listed on the owner's newbuildi…
DEME orders new 22,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger
DEME is strengthening its dredging fleet with the order of a new 22,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger, aimed at higher productivity and lower greenhouse gas intensity per dredged cubic metre.
COSCO orders 24 bulkers in $1.27bn leasing play
COSCO Shipping Development has ordered 24 dry bulk vessels worth RMB8.66bn ($1.27bn), deepening its leasing business with long-term charters back into the COSCO group.
Pan Ocean keeps VLCC push rolling
South Korea's Pan Ocean has ordered two more VLCC newbuildings, ammonia-ready and priced at about $122m each, extending a rapid crude tanker expansion.
U-Ming signs for newcastlemax newbuilds in China
U-Ming Marine Transport has signed for up to four newcastlemax newbuildings at Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry, part of a plan to grow its fleet beyond 100 vessels.
MSC returns to megaship ordering with up to 20 new giants
MSC has reportedly returned to the newbuilding market with an order for up to 20 20,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containerships at China's Hengli Heavy Industry.
Container shipping is thinking small again
The containership orderbook is nearing 13m teu, but Alphaliner data shows carriers shifting decisively toward smaller feeder and mid-sized ships, with 74% of recent orders below 6,500 teu.
Yasa tipped for debut VLCC order
Turkey's Yasa Holding is being linked to its first VLCC newbuilding order — four 319,000 dwt units in China at $125m each — amid one of the busiest supertanker ordering spells in years.
Asiatic Lloyd signs up for three LR2 tankers
Singapore's Asiatic Lloyd is linked to three LR2 newbuildings at HD Hyundai's Philippines yard, marking its return to the larger product tanker segment after exiting LR2s in 2023.
HMM moves on $1.1bn bulker and gas carrier haul
HMM has unveiled a KRW1.7trn ($1.1bn) order for eight bulk carriers and two gas carriers, the latest step in the Korean major's drive to diversify beyond containers.
Engine shortage returns to haunt shipyards — now with AI bidding for the same parts
A shortage of marine engines is quietly capping shipyard output, echoing the 2007 boom. The new twist: AI data centres are now bidding for generator sets from the same supply chain.
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