LS Marine Solution has started construction of a cable-laying vessel with a 13,000 t cable capacity at Tersan Shipyard, with delivery scheduled for the first half of 2028.
ADNOC Logistics & Services has ordered four 175,000 m³ LNG carriers from Jiangnan Shipyard for $900 million, with all four vessels scheduled for delivery in 2029.
Hanwha Ocean has begun construction of a WTIV for Korea’s West Sea. Ordered by Ocean Wind Power 1, the vessel is scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2028 and will install 15 MW-class offshore wind turbines.
The UK and the Netherlands have signed a £2.4 billion agreement to build eight Dutch-designed amphibious transport ships, with four vessels allocated to each country.
Seatrium has cut first steel for LNGT Karadeniz, the first high-capacity FSRU for Kinetics and the first of three LNG carrier conversions covered by an earlier letter of intent.
Pakistan has begun assembling a 1,100 TEU containership at Karachi Shipyard, its first large commercial shipbuilding project in more than 40 years.
Chinese shipyards doubled new order volume in the first half of 2026, securing 1,131 vessels and about 72% of global market share, according to Clarksons.
The U.S. has requested naval shipbuilding capacity information from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy Industries as Seoul and Washington advance shipbuilding cooperation.
HD Hyundai and Schneider Electric have signed an MoU to jointly develop floating data centre infrastructure by combining offshore engineering with power and cooling technologies.
