Shipbuilding News
UK Government Announces New Projects to Support Shipbuilders
The UK Government announced two new projects it will be undertaking that will be bid out only to the national shipbuilding industr...
Read More >>Birdon and C&C Begin Building MUSVs for U.S. Navy Competition
Australian-owned marine engineering firm Birdon has begun building its first "tranche" of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels for the...
Read More >>Stena Extends Ferry Class with Order for Hybrid-Battery Vessels
Stena Line has ordered two hybrid-powered ferries that add battery capabilities to the company’s already successful hybrid E-Flexe...
Read More >>Italy Signs $4.2B Contract for Two Next-Generation DDX Destroyers
Italy is officially moving forward with what is being called Europe’s most ambitious and technologically advanced surface combatan...
Read More >>India’s Cochin Shipyard to Work With Synergy Marine to Grow Commercial Work
As the latest step in the efforts to expand India’s role in commercial shipbuilding and repair, the state-owned Cochin Shipyard, w...
Read More >>Maritime Renaissance
Amid volatile geopolitics and fast-paced innovation, maritime education has evolved as part of a much larger strategic challenge....
Read More >>U.S. Landing-Drone Startup Gets Support From a Small Japanese Shipyard
American defense tech startup Bulwark Dynamics is working with a Japanese shipbuilder on an autonomous landing craft - a system th...
Read More >>Report: MSC Explores Acquiring Germany’s Controlling Stake in Meyer Werft
MSC Group is reported to be exploring acquiring the controlling ownership stake in Germany’s Meyer Werft shipbuilder, Bloomberg re...
Read More >>Maersk Confirms Reports of Large New Ship Order
Maersk is moving forward with a large new ship order, equivalent to approximately 10 percent of the carrier’s current total capaci...
Read More >>More Problems for Scotland’s Ferry Replacement Program
Scotland’s plan for the modernization and improvement of its vital ferries continues to encounter problems, with more reports of d...
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