Shipbuilding News

Canada Places Order with Seaspan for Construction of Heavy Polar Icebreaker

Published Mar 7, 2025 8:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Canadian government today, March 7, marked the contract signing for a new polar icebreaker to be built at Seaspan Shipyard m...

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Report: Trump Seeks Allies Support to Penalize Chinese Shipbuilding

Published Mar 7, 2025 2:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Trump administration is reported to be building out its plans to penalize China for its subsidy of the shipbuilding industry...

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Pentagon's Logistics Chief Wants to Buy Four Foreign-Built Ships a Year

Published Mar 6, 2025 9:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The new head of U.S. Transportation Command wants to buy as many more foreign-built ships as necessary to replenish the...

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Meyer Turku Names New CEO from Cargotec Replacing Tim Meyer

Published Mar 6, 2025 3:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku reported today that it has named Casimir Lindholm, the current President of Cargotec, to succeed...

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Trump Announces a New White House Office of Shipbuilding

Published Mar 4, 2025 11:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

It is rare that maritime interests get billing in a joint addreses to Congress, one of the most-watched formal policy speeches tha...

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Newport News Shipbuilding “Prints” First Manifold for USS Enterprise

Published Mar 4, 2025 4:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Shipbuilding like other major industries continues to explore the use of additive manufacturing technology (commonly kno...

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Proposed U.S. Port Fee for Chinese Ships Fails to Stop $2.6B Order to CSSC

Published Mar 4, 2025 2:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

  China State Shipbuilding Corporation is reporting a giant new order for containerships valued at between $2.5 and $2.6 b...

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California Awards $15M Grant to Build Two Electric Ferries for San Diego

Published Mar 3, 2025 11:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

The California Air Resources Board has granted a dinner-cruise company a substantial award build two battery-electric ferries for...

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CMA CGM Orders Electric Inland Container Barge for Nike Goods in Vietnam

Published Mar 3, 2025 8:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

CMA CGM Group is moving forward with the project it announced in December 2024 to develop and operate fully electric container b...

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Report: HD Hyundai is Shopping for an Indian Shipyard

Published Feb 28, 2025 4:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Indian media is reporting that South Korea’s HD Hyundai is actively pursuing opportunities in India as it looks for ei...

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