Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd (“Strategic Marine”) has completed the acquisition of a significantly larger shipbuilding facility in Singapore in a move that will significantly boost its shipbuilding capacity and product range.

High freight rates and ongoing workforce limitations due to travel restrictions and Covid-19 measures are expected to result in Southeast Asia’s ship repair capacity falling by more than 25% compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to Nippon Paint Marine.

Daehan Shipbuilding has successfully built two Suez Max-class oil carriers ordered from the Belgian tanker EURONAV and held a naming ceremony.

The European Commission has prohibited, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering CO., Ltd (DSME) by Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHIH).

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it has concluded a shipbuilding contract for an 86,700 m3 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied ammonia gas (LAG) carrier powered by LPG fuel for ENEOS Ocean Corporation. This is the 2nd LPG/LAG carrier for ENEOS Ocean Corporation.

On Friday 1 October, the starting sign was given for the construction of two electric ferries for the Riveer ferry service. Aldermen Joost van der Geest, Hans Tanis and Theo Boerman from Gorinchem, Altena and Hardinxveld-Giessendam symbolically signed the contract with Holland Shipyards Group.