Newbuilding contracts for one chemical tanker, two crude oil tankers and 12 product tankers recorded in the past week. Meanwhile, MISC confirms order for pair of liquefied natural gas carriers at South Korean shipyard

CLdN, Marinakis Group, Navios Maritime Partners and an undisclosed buyer sign up for 16 containerships to boost capacity ordered this year to some 3m teu

Eastern Pacific Shipping, Evergreen, MSC and TS Lines are all understood to have boosted their existing boxship newbuilding orderbooks. More orders are expected, including up to 30 vessels for Hapag-Lloyd

The number of firm shipbuilding contracts was relatively low in comparison to previous weeks but was high in value terms. Two shipowners ordered a total of eight LNG tankers valued at a combined $2.3bn.

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Mipo wins orders for two LPG tankers, a pair of LNG bunkering vessels and two product tankers, all from European owners

Newbuilding contracts for 123 ships valued at some $14bn were signed in the past two weeks

Pacific International Lines, Regional Container Lines and Wan Hai Lines add containership newbuildings, while MSC boosts ultra-large boxship orderbook by a further six vessels

Tonnage providers Danaos, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Seaspan and container line operator MSC have each contracted containership newbuildings in the past week. These orders bring the number of boxships ordered since January to more than 150 vessels, with a combined capacity of some 1.8m teu

Newbuilding contracts for one wind farm support vessel, three cruiseships, 13 bulk carriers, 13 vehicle carriers, 16 gas carriers and 29 tankers have been reported by shipbrokers, shipowners and shipyards in the past two weeks

Six shipowners pen newbuilding contracts for bulk carriers, while in the containership sector Ocean Network Express adds methanol dual-fuel neo-panamaxes to its extensive orderbook

South Korean shipyard confirms new order for 12 neo-panamax containerships, while Germany’s Meyer Werft wins 4,000-passenger cruiseship from Japanese shipowner

Boxship tonnage providers Danaos, Eastern Pacific Shipping and SFL Corp have tied up newbuilding contracts for a total of 17 vessels in the midsize containership and ultra large containership segments

The tanker sector continues to provide the most activity in newbuildings. Greek owners in particular are investing in crude oil and product tankers with conventional fuel propulsion systems

Negotiations for new alternative fuel containership newbuilding contracts are said to be ongoing, in particular for mid-size and neo post-panamax class vessels

Taiwan’s Evergreen Group has confirmed signing newbuilding contracts for six methanol dual-fuel feeder containerships at China’s Huangpu Wenchong, for subsidiary Italia Maritima

The tanker sector has contributed the lion’s share of newbuilding contracts so far in 2024, with 35% of orders attributed to tankers in terms of ship numbers