Shipbuilding News

Mid-Sized South Korean Shipbuilder Daesun Completes Sale of Shipyard

Published Jan 1, 2026 5:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

After two years of financial restructuring, the smallest of South Korea’s surviving midsized shipbuilders, Daesun Shipbuilding, co...

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Bankrupt Chinese Yard Relaunches Under New Ownership

Published Dec 31, 2025 2:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

China's shipbuilding industry has been expanding capacity as it takes on more and more global market share, and investors and cong...

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Analysts Question Whether Trump-Class Battleship Will be Built

Published Dec 30, 2025 8:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The announcement of a new Trump-class battleship design last week prompted considerable commentary about its equipment, capabiliti...

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Iranian Navy Sketches Out Shipbuilding Plans

Published Dec 30, 2025 5:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iranian naval enthusiasts have sketched out an overview of the regular Iranian Navy (Nedaja)’s future ship-building program. Detai...

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Russia Delivers First Domestically-Built Arc7 LNG Carrier

Published Dec 26, 2025 5:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia’s Sovcomflot and Zvezda shipyard heralded the delivery of its first LNG carrier, the Alexey Kosygin. They are saying it is...

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Hanwha and Hyundai to Square Off to Build Korea’s First Domestic Destroyer

Published Dec 26, 2025 5:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee has resolved to hold a head-to-head competition between Hanwha Ocean...

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Poetry in Motion

Published Dec 25, 2025 1:51 PM by Sean Hogue

Shipyards are key pieces of the global maritime infrastructure. From newbuilds to refits to scheduled maintenance, every single sh...

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Greek Unions Protest Repair Period for Israeli Cruise Ship

Published Dec 24, 2025 10:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

Trade unions in Greece are protesting plans for a cruise ship with alleged links to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to be allocat...

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Trump: Trump-Class Battleship Will be Flagship for Navy's New Golden Fleet

Published Dec 22, 2025 6:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

President Donald Trump has announced plans to order a future "Trump-class" battleship in large quantities, and says that he will p...

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Seatrium and Maersk Settle Dispute and Cancel Arbitration Over WTIV

Published Dec 22, 2025 3:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Singapore shipyard group Seatrium reports that the dispute with Maersk Offshore Wind over a nearly completed newbuild wind turbine...

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