China Launches Largest Car Carrier for HMM-Hyundai Glovis Partnership

Published Jan 27, 2026 7:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International last week floated out the largest car carrier in the world. The massive vessel surpasses...

Norwegian Timber Ship Will be First to Use Wartsila’s Ammonia Engine

Published Jan 27, 2026 6:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The shipping industry is making several firsts as the order for a Norwegian cargo ship was confirmed as the first to use the new W...

Published Jan 26, 2026 8:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited (SDHI), located in India, confirmed that it has received its first shipbuilding order as...

Published Jan 26, 2026 5:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

Reports from Russia indicate that an ambitious program to build a new generation of river-sea cargo ships has been reduced. The Mo...

Published Jan 25, 2026 8:05 PM by CIMSEC

[By CDR Chase E. Harding, USN] The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting rapidly as China's shipbuilding hegemony endur...

Published Jan 25, 2026 8:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras is planning to reduce dependence on charters in gas transportation and has awarded contracts...

Published Jan 25, 2026 1:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nigeria has started to disburse the cabotage vessel financing fund (CVFF), a scheme created over two decades ago to boost domestic...

Published Jan 23, 2026 7:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

During a visit of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to the United Kingdom last week, a Letter of Intent was signed by the Indo...

Published Jan 22, 2026 10:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

A well-financed real estate development company in California has ambitions to build a new West Coast shipyard, comparable in size...

Published Jan 20, 2026 8:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports acquired a Spanish shipyard as part of its effort to expand in the Mediterranean and serve the offsho...