Topic
Shipyard capacity
Every Vessel Hunter story on Shipyard capacity: 5 stories, from 27 August 2026 to 12 October 2026. Newest: "Rheinmetall buys Romania's Mangalia shipyard for €138m at the fifth auction". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
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.
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.
US Attack Submarines Have Spent 41 Ship-Years Idle Waiting for Shipyard Capacity
A watchdog report puts a decade of US attack submarine maintenance delays at 41 ship-years and warns that boats waiting to be decommissioned could cost $3.1bn over the next five years.
South Korea's Big Three Yards Are Running Above Their Rated Capacity
HD KSOE, Samsung Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean all ran at or above their nominal capacity in the first half of 2026, and are investing in docks, cranes and automation rather than new land.
Hengli Books 207 Ships in Six Months, a Record for a Single Yard
Hengli Heavy Industries took 207 vessel orders in the first half of 2026, an all-time record for a single shipyard, lifting its backlog to about 380 ships through 2030.
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