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Shipbuilding
Every Vessel Hunter story on Shipbuilding: 112 stories, from 8 September 2026 to 14 October 2026. Newest: "Lashing-free CMA CGM Gold enters service as Dutch dockers' union raises doubts". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Lashing-free CMA CGM Gold enters service as Dutch dockers' union raises doubts
CMA CGM's 13,000 TEU CMA CGM Gold needs no manual lashing on deck. The Dutch union FNV doubts how the system will work and wants her inspected in Rotterdam.
EU's largest Russia listing hits Sevmash, Admiralty Shipyards and submarine design bureaus
The EU has listed 826 Russian companies and 743 executives, including Sevmash, Zvezdochka, Admiralty Shipyards and the Rubin and Malakhit submarine bureaus.
Two missing off Sohar, HMM Platinum fire, ammonia bulker
Two seafarers are missing after a drone hit a tanker off Sohar, HMM Platinum drifts off Madagascar after a fire, the MAIB reports on Arvia and Mineral Europa sails.
Rheinmetall buys Romania's Mangalia shipyard for €138m at the fifth auction
Rheinmetall has bought the bankrupt Mangalia shipyard in Romania for €138.03m, 75% of its auction value, to build two patrol ships and two support ships for Romania.
Precious Shipping orders four 64,500 dwt Ultramax bulkers at Taizhou Sanfu for $141.8m
Precious Shipping has ordered four 64,500 dwt Ultramax bulk carriers from Taizhou Sanfu Shipbuilding for about $141.8m, with deliveries between April 2030 and January 2031.
Van Wijngaarden christens EuroCarrier Maasstroom, a 35-tonne bollard pull DP1 workboat
Van Wijngaarden Marine Services christened its newbuild EuroCarrier 2712 Maasstroom at Hardinxveld-Giessendam on 6 October, within a year of signing with Neptune.
Tanker hit off Qatar, Muuga ferry race and an Arctic loop
The Maritime Briefing of 9 October 2026: Acers struck off Qatar, Malaysia on shadow fleet transfers, TT-Line on Muuga-Vuosaari and Dubai Tower's Arctic loop.
Aframax Rio burns off Sochi, 12 hurt on On Peace in Hormuz
The Maritime Briefing of 7 October 2026: Aframax Rio on fire off Sochi, 12 seafarers injured on On Peace, Solstad buys Normand Maximus and Queen Anne moves to P&O.
Black Sea sinkings, Hormuz strikes, Japan names 35 ships
The Maritime Briefing of 6 October 2026: Alfa Watan and Royad Mammadov sunk by drones, five Hormuz incidents, Japan's first ship sanctions and a $117m VLCC resale.
Uni-Tankers takes eight 7,600 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers from Haidong
Danish operator Uni-Tankers has signed for eight 7,600 dwt stainless steel chemical tankers to be built at China's state-owned Haidong Shipyard and taken on time charter from 2028.
Erasmus Shipinvest orders two more 1,900 TEU feeders at Huangpu Wenchong
Erasmus Shipinvest has ordered another pair of 1,900 TEU containerships at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong, taking its firm programme at the Guangzhou yard to eight ships plus six options.
This Week in Maritime: Gulf crude is back, and tankers are still being hit
Gulf oil exports returned to prewar volumes while four more tankers were struck in Hormuz, Somali pirates killed five crew, the ZIM review restarted and shipping earnings set a third record.
Damen claims nearly €4.7bn from Germany over cancelled F126 frigate order
Damen is claiming nearly €4.7bn in compensation from the German government after Berlin cancelled its order for six F126 frigates and simulators at the end of June.
Jiangnan delivers Lilac Cove, second 93,000 m³ ammonia carrier for Eastern Pacific
Jiangnan Shipyard has delivered Lilac Cove, the second of six 93,000 m³ very large ammonia carriers for Eastern Pacific Shipping, three months after her sister Ivy Cove.
This Week in Maritime: freight takes a quarter of the barrel
The week freight reached a quarter of the price of a barrel, a 15-year-old VLCC sold above newbuild, a seafarer was killed in Hormuz, an MSC feeder was left adrift and China took 82% of new orders.
Maritime Briefing of 26 September 2026
A seafarer killed on the Cape Dao in Hormuz, salvage begins on the Caroline Bezengi, Onex's five VLCCs, Navios at HJ Shipbuilding, and Ima gas for Nigeria LNG.
Navios linked to four 10,100 teu boxships at HJ Shipbuilding worth $500m
HJ Shipbuilding & Construction has signed four 10,100 teu containerships worth KRW679bn for an undisclosed Oceania-based owner, which shipbrokers identify as Navios Maritime Partners.
Maritime Briefing of 25 September 2026
The MSC Hermes III is adrift and unmanned off Vietnam, Aramco restarts part of its East-West Pipeline, and five container lines have more ships on order than in service.
Maritime Briefing of 24 September 2026
Washington extends blocking measures to shipowners, insurers and ports; Chinese yards take 82% of first-half contracting; and the June Aster death toll reaches 77.
Yangzijiang Maritime orders 24 ships with options on 16 more
Yangzijiang Maritime Development has ordered 24 newbuildings at several Chinese yards and taken options on 16 more, lifting its portfolio to 98 vessels including options.
CLdN orders two 6,700 lane-metre RoRo ships at HD Hyundai
CLdN has ordered two 6,700 lane-metre RoRo vessels from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for delivery in mid-2029, the 15th and 16th ships it has contracted at the yard in ten years.
Chinese yards take 82% of new orders as crude routes lengthen
Chinese shipbuilders booked 121.06m dwt of new orders in the first half of 2026, 82.3% of the world total, as owners ordered large tankers for the longer crude voyages the Hormuz closure created.
Maritime Briefing of 23 September 2026
Transpetrol enters the LR1 segment, Taiwan gets a home-based cable layer, LS Marine books a record cable contract, and the European List of recycling yards becomes a fight.
Transpetrol enters the LR1 segment with two Yangzijiang newbuildings
Transpetrol has ordered two 75,000 dwt LR1 product tankers at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for delivery in the first and second quarters of 2030, adding a new size class to its fleet.
Taiwan-flagged cable layer Oceanus 1 enters service at Kaohsiung
Oceanus 1, a Taiwan-flagged cable-laying vessel with an 8,000-tonne carousel, arrived at Kaohsiung on 16 September after handover from her Vietnamese builder.
Maritime Briefing of 22 September 2026
Tanker freight is now large enough to reroute trade, the crew of an LNG carrier report attackers reaching cargo safety systems, and MSC opens talks on Germany's stake in Meyer Werft.
Vale Charters Eight Tri-Fuel Newcastlemaxes From HMM in $3.5bn, 25-Year Deal
HMM has finalised an order for eight 210,000 dwt tri-fuel Newcastlemaxes at Yangzijiang, each chartered to Vale for 25 years under a KRW 4.7tn transportation agreement effective from 2030.
MSC Explores Buying Germany's Controlling Stake in Shipbuilder Meyer Werft
MSC Group is in preliminary talks to acquire the roughly 80 percent of Meyer Werft held by the German federal government and Lower Saxony, covering the Papenburg and Rostock yards.
This Week in Maritime: the strait gets a price list, the Dali gets a record
The week a VLCC fixed a Gulf voyage above $1m a day, Washington sanctioned the crypto rail behind Iran's transit fees, Asian port congestion passed its pandemic peak and the Dali became the largest single loss the P&I market has carried.
Maritime Briefing of 20 September 2026
A drone kills a master in the Black Sea while Turkey circulates a truce text, the Dali becomes the largest single loss in P&I history, and Asian port congestion passes its pandemic peak.
Maersk Confirms 26 Ships, Well Short of the 40 the Market Expected
Maersk has confirmed an order for 26 dual-fuel ships of 18,600 teu for 2029 and 2030, smaller than the 40-plus programme analysts had described, and still without a single megamax.
Maritime Briefing of 17 September 2026
A disabled tanker off Oman with two crew missing, general average on the fire-hit CMA CGM Petra, a detention at Brake on a pilot's word, and the first consolidated container inspection data since 2024.
Japan Certifies $635M More in Shipbuilding Investment Plans
Japan has certified a further $635m of investment by five shipbuilders, bringing approvals to $1.4bn across eight plans in a programme aimed at doubling output by 2035.
Maritime Briefing of 16 September 2026
The TD3C benchmark passes $1m a day and ten-year-old VLCCs outprice newbuildings, Oman cancels its Salalah conference, and Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd return four more services to the Red Sea.
Maritime Briefing of 15 September 2026
Gulf crude exports pass 10m barrels a day on facilitated Hormuz transits, Somali pirates release the Sward after a ransom, and a ro-ro ferry sinks in the Java Sea with 243 aboard.
Dynacom Returns to Hengli With Eight More Ships Worth Close to $1bn
George Procopiou's Dynacom has ordered eight more vessels at Hengli Heavy Industries in a package worth close to $1bn, taking its VLCC count at the yard to twenty.
Maritime Briefing of 14 September 2026
German dock workers decide on indefinite strikes, a Qatari LNG carrier transits Hormuz for the first time since July, and liner carriers ask the IMO to cap undeclared batteries.
Maritime Briefing of 12 September 2026
Houthi forces reached the Bab el-Mandeb, a dry dock fire at Qingdao killed 25 workers, MSC kept buying secondhand tonnage and the container fleet closed on 34 million TEU.
Maritime Briefing of 11 September 2026
The day in shipping: drones damage the Suezmax Siren, fire kills five aboard a Philippine ferry with 86 missing, and Maersk restarts limited Suez transits.
Dajin books 24 newbuildings and builds a heavy transport fleet of its own
Dajin Heavy Industry reports 24 newbuildings worth about RMB 12 billion for delivery to 2030, alongside its own KING and EMPEROR series heavy transport ships.
Hanwha Ocean faces a second billion-dollar claim over Arctic LNG 2 ships
LLC Arctic LNG 2 is seeking about 1.37 trillion won from Hanwha Ocean over three cancelled ice-class LNG carriers, on top of the shipowners' existing claim.
Maritime Briefing of 10 September 2026
The day in shipping: fuel oil stocks run 30% below seasonal norms at Singapore, ARA and Fujairah, empty Qatari LNG carriers head back toward Hormuz, and the RMS Team is declared a total loss.
SAL Signs MoU With Wuhu Shipyard to Double Its Orca Fleet to Ten
SAL Heavy Lift has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Wuhu Shipyard for five more 14,600 dwt Orca-class heavy-lift vessels, which would double the programme to ten ships.
Maritime Briefing of 9 September 2026
The day in shipping: the Consultative Shipping Group warns of a two-tier system, Espino de Marotta takes over a dry Panama Canal, and Hapag-Lloyd gets 30 days to rework its Zim bid.
A Second Bidder Emerges for Austal USA as Wildcat Holds Early Talks
Austal has confirmed preliminary discussions with Wildcat Infrastructure, a US investment firm reported to be interested in Austal USA and a potential rival to Hanwha's approach.
Fujian Highton Seeks $295m Placement to Fund a 16-Ship Buying Programme
Fujian Highton Development is raising up to RMB2bn to fund 16 bulkers and multipurpose heavylift ships over three years, with the whole placement earmarked for vessel purchases.
Wallenius Marine Puts Two Oceanbird Wing Sails on Car Carrier Way Forward
Wallenius Marine will retrofit two Oceanbird wing sails to the 2024-built car carrier Way Forward in 2027, the first commercial multi-wing installation of the technology.
Fire Breaks Out Aboard Icebreaker Admiral Makarov During St Petersburg Refit
A fire spread across roughly 80 square metres of the icebreaker Admiral Makarov while the 1975-built vessel lay under repair in St Petersburg. No injuries were reported.
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