Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) has won a contract to build two 7,500 cu m LNG powered CO2 carriers for Northern Lights, an Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies joint venture.
Qatar Petroleum has ordered four LNG carrier newbuildings at China’s CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding as part of its massive newbuilding programme.
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) succeeded in re-entering the shipbuilding market for a quartet of containerships.
An autonomous harbour tug developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) is the first in the world to receive ABS’ remote control navigation notation.
Containership tonnage provider Seaspan Corp sees strong demand for 7,000 teu newbuildings as replacement for older vessels.
The surge in newbuilding orders at Chinese shipbuilders has been maintained across the first eight months of 2021, up some 227.2%.