The Chinese liner service provider, Zhonggu Logistics, announced the plan to issue A-shares to raise up to CNY3bn ($461m) for its containership newbuildings project and container shipping related business.

Okayama-based Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd has acquired a majority stake in Hamburg-based Becker Marine Systems (BMS).

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, has won a contract for the design and construction of three wind farm Service Operation Vessels (SOV) for the Aberdeen-based company North Star Renewables.

Malaysian shipowner MISC has taken deliver of its 6th very large ethane carrier (VLEC) from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

Offshore wind is set to be a growth area along the US East Coast, and the Biden administration, with its new teams in place, is reversing the delays of the previous Administration.

Bahrain shipyard ASRY has received ASME accreditation for the manufacture and repair Coded Pressure Vessels.

The containership owner Seaspan has placed orders at Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding and Jiangnan Shipyard, two major shipbuilding arms of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), to build six 15,500 teu containerships.