Hapag-Lloyd has placed a $1bn order for six, LNG dual-fuel, 23,500 teu containerships at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has inked a Letter of Intent with Shoei Kisen Kaisha for the long-term charter of six newbuildings of over 24,000 teu to be built at Japanese yards.

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangnan Shipyard has signed contract with Singapore-based Petredec Holdings (Eastern) for the construction of three plus three 93,000 cu m VLGCs with dual fuel LPG propulsion.

Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has landed two contracts worth approximately SGD200m ($147m) in total to build a dredger and undertake a FSRU conversion.

Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry has signed contract with Raffles Shipping International for the construction of two 50,000 dwt product oil/chemical tankers.

Damen Shipyards Group has launched a marine aggregate dredger (MAD) 3500 at its Galati yard in Romania for UK-based Hanson.

During the first eight months, China’s shipbuilding output, newly received orders and orders in hand all declined.

Canada’s Corvus Energy has landed a contract to supply lithium-ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries to be built by Holland Shipyards Group for GVB, Amsterdam’s municipal public transport provider.

A boom in demand for Chinese crew is being driven by the delivery in newbuildings to international owners from the country’s shipyards, according to Singhai Marine Services.

The shipbuilding output of CSSC Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) reached 3.55m dwt in the first eight months of this year, reaffirming its rank as No.1 among Chinese shipyards.