South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group has completed its $100 million acquisition of Philly Shipyard through its subsidiaries Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Ocean, marking a historic moment as the first Korean...

The biggest vessel-ordering program since the eve of the global financial crisis is putting a squeeze on the shipbuilding industry’s capacity to construct new vessels.

Spanish state-held shipbuilder Navantia will acquire the shipyards of Britain's Harland & Wolff, the Belfast-based company best known for building the Titanic, the British government said on Thursday.

Chinese shipyards have solidified their dominance in the construction of containerships, commanding an impressive 68.5% of the global boxship orderbook capacity, according to Alphaliner. This transformation marks a dramatic reversal...

Russia’s fleet of powerful nuclear icebreakers is now eight vessels-strong, surpassing previous high points reached in the 1990s and 2000s.

Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) has been selected to construct eight Landing Craft Heavy vessels based on Damen’s Landing Ship Transport 100 (LST100) design. The vessels will be built at the...

VARD has secured a contract to design and construct five state-of-the-art Walk-to-work vessels for an international client. The vessels, based on the VARD 3 32 design, will serve offshore platforms...

German liner Hapag-Lloyd has inked contracts with two prominent Chinese shipyards for 24 new state-of-the-art containerships valued at around US $4 billion The ambitious order includes 12 vessels from Yangzijiang...

Green Yard Kleven has inked a shipbuilding contract with Romanian energy giant OMV Petrom S.A. for a new “Field Support Vessel” destined for the Neptun Deep project. This contract marks...

The Massachusetts Maritime Academy celebrated the arrival of its new training ship, the Patriot State, in Buzzards Bay on Friday. This delivery marks a significant milestone in the U.S. Maritime...

Jones Act shipbuilder Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI) has commenced construction on the first of three Aloha Class LNG-fueled containerships for Matson Navigation Company, Inc. The project, valued at approximately US...

Oslo-based car shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has announced plans to supersize four of its twelve Shaper Class vessels on order to a record-breaking capacity of 11,700 Car Equivalent Units (CEUs)....