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MSC Said in Talks to Buy German State-Held Meyer Werft Stake
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. is in talks to acquire the roughly 80% stake in German cruise-ship builder Meyer Werft GmbH held by the federal government and the state of Lower Saxony, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Mike Schuler
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Great Lakes Ports and Shipyards Formalize Partnership on U.S. Shipbuilding
he American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) and the Great Lakes Alliance of Shipyards (GLAS) have signed a new agreement aimed at strengthening shipbuilding, port infrastructure and maritime commerce across...

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Malte Humpert
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Canada Bets $11 Billion on Six New Icebreakers as Arctic Shipbuilding Race Accelerates
Canada is committing more than C$11 billion ($7.95 billion) to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, the country’s biggest shipbuilding contract in Quebec’s history, as Arctic nations race to replace aging fleets and expand their ability to operate in increasingly strategic northern waters.

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Malte Humpert
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Davie’s Helsinki Yard Secures Contract to Build Finland’s Newest Icebreaker
Davie’s Helsinki Shipyard has won a contract to build Finland’s newest icebreaker, adding another vessel to a rapidly expanding order book for the Canadian shipbuilder’s Finnish operations as governments on both sides of the Atlantic seek to renew aging icebreaker fleets.

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Mike Schuler
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Antin Acquires Vigor Marine Group as U.S. Shipyard Investment Grows
Antin Infrastructure Partners has completed its acquisition of Vigor Marine Group from an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, bringing one of the largest U.S. ship repair and marine services groups...

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Reuters
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Hanwha, Fincantieri Shares Rise as Trump Opens Navy Shipbuilding to Foreign Yards
Shares of South Korea's Hanwha Group and Italy's Fincantieri rose on Friday after President Donald Trump's directive opening U.S. Navy shipbuilding to overseas yards.

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Mike Schuler
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Eastern Shipbuilding Starts Construction on Washington State’s New Hybrid-Electric Ferries as Third Vessel Confirmed
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has started construction on Washington State Ferries’ new generation of hybrid-electric ferries, with Washington state confirming it will exercise its option for a third vessel under the...

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Mike Schuler
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Hanwha Makes $1.2 Billion Bid for Austal USA
South Korea’s Hanwha has made a preliminary offer worth up to $1.2 billion to acquire Austal USA, potentially giving the Korean defense giant control of one of the largest U.S....

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Mike Schuler
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HD Hyundai Launches First Vessel Built at Revived Subic Bay Shipyard
HD Hyundai has launched the first vessel built at its newly established Subic Bay shipyard, marking the start of full-scale shipbuilding operations at a facility that is central to the...

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Mike Schuler
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Korea–U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center Launches to Advance $150 Billion MASGA Initiative
The Republic of Korea and the United States have officially launched the Korea–U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center (KUSPC) in Washington, D.C., establishing a new hub intended to accelerate joint efforts to...

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Mike Schuler
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California Forever Blames Permitting Delays for Losing Saronic’s $3.2 Billion Shipyard to Texas
California Forever and a broad coalition of labor, manufacturing, construction, housing, and business organizations say California lost Saronic’s planned $3.2 billion Port Alpha shipyard because the state could not move...

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Mike Schuler
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TOTE, Hanwha Philly Shipyard Selected to Build New U.S. Missile Defense Vessels
TOTE Services and Hanwha Philly Shipyard have been selected to deliver the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s next-generation Missile Range Instrumentation Vessels (MRIV), extending the commercial shipbuilding model that has already...