The week in newbuildings
Lloyd’s List’s weekly update of the newbuiding pipeline, providing commentary across the shipping sectors
on the key orders and fleet programmes
Latest orders
The week in newbuildings: Vehicle carrier orderbook hits 142 ships
The combined capacity of the pure car and truck carrier orderbook has now reached 28% of the existing fleet in operation
The week in newbuildings: Orders valued at nearly $3bn signed
Asian shipbuilders have won newbuilding contracts for six bulkers, three combination carriers, five boxships, seven gas carriers and 10 tankers
The week in newbuildings: Bulk carrier orders rising
Bulk carriers provided the majority of recent newbuilding orders with orders signed for six kamsarmax units and six ultramaxes
The week in newbuildings: Maersk signs letter of intent for mid-sized boxships at Chinese shipyard
Maersk is set to sign firm contracts next month for eight 8,000 teu boxships capable of operating on methanol at China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding
The week in newbuildings: Vard wins wind farm operations vessels from UK owner
UK’s North Star Shipping has boosted its existing newbuilding orderbook by adding two, methanol-ready, wind farm service operations vessels at Norwegian shipbuilder Vard
The week in newbuildings: Evergreen in tender for methanol-fuel ULCS series
Up to 24 dual-fuel methanol ultra-large containerships are in the pipeline for world’s sixth-largest boxship operator
The week in newbuildings: Big boxship and tanker orders in the offing
Euronav and Seatankers about to order suezmax tanker newbuildings, reported by brokers, while Maersk and Yang Ming both said to be close to signing up for new boxship series
The week in newbuildings: Market takes a temporary pause
Just three contracts recorded in the past week following a pause in activity owing to the Easter break
The week in newbuildings: Orders for 39 ships signed
Newbuilding contracts for 14 bulk carriers, four gas carriers and 21 tankers recorded in the past week
The week in newbuildings: Vehicle carrier orderbook hits 138 ships
China Merchants Energy Shipping firms up a shipbuilding contract for two methanol-fuel large car and truck carriers, while HMM has contracted a trio of LNG-fuelled units for long-term time charter to Hyundai Glovis
The week in newbuildings: Tankers prevail, while big boxship orders imminent
Crude oil and product tankers have been driving the orderbook since the beginning of the year, although more orders are expected to be signed for containerships soon
The week in newbuildings: Suezmax tankers in vogue
Crude oil tankers are making a comeback with two shipowners each having signed up for suezmax units
The week in newbuildings: Coated aframax tankers in demand
Orders for two medium-range and five long range two tankers have been placed recently, together with one cable-laying vessel and three vehicle carriers
The week in newbuildings: KSOE wins order for three LNG tankers
Latest order for liquefied natural gas tankers priced at $255m per ship has set a record-high pricing benchmark
The week in newbuildings: Orders valued at $2.1bn signed
Orders for five bulk carriers, six boxships, three gas tankers and eight product tankers have recently been reported by shipbuilders and brokers
The week in newbuildings: More methanol-fuelled orders confirmed
Sino-Japanese shipbuilder Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui has won a new order from Algoma Central and CSL Group to construct four self-unloading bulk carriers to methanol-ready specification
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