Lloyd's Register (LR) has been selected to provide assurance and certification services to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group (HZ) for two significant naval projects with the Algerian Naval Force and the Royal Thai Navy.

A new state-of-the-art 26k tonne Maritime Sustainment and Capability vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy has successfully completed its series of 7 Contractual Sea Trials and was delivered on 8 June 2020.

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) is pleased to announce an important milestone in the conversion project of its new crane vessel Bokalift 2.

SEA Europe – the European Shipyards’ and Maritime Equipment Association – welcomes and supports the European Commission’s New Industrial Strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, issued in March 2020.

 8 May 2020 saw the delivery of the first two platform supply vessels of the ULSTEIN PX121 design built at SWS, China, the 'Guo Hai Min Xing' and the 'Guo Hai Min Sheng'.

On April 14, Samsung Heavy Industries disclosed in its regulatory filing that it had clinched a deal worth a total of USD 209.2 million (KRW 253.6 billion) with a Bermudan ship owner to bulid two LNG-fueled VLCCs, which will be delivered by April 2022.