Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has secured a €422m contract from Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) to build the sister ship of Seven Seas Explorer for its Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC) brand. Scheduled to be delivered in 2020, the Explorer-class vessel will follow RSSC's super-luxury cruise ship Seven Seas Explorer, which is under construction and is expected to be launched this July. The new vessel is said to replicate most of the features and amenities that is incorporated into the latter sh...

South Korean shipbuilding major Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HHI), a shipbuilding affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), has secured an order for two Suezmax tankers from Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Co (AMPTC), Asiasis said.   The 159,000 DWT Long Range 3 (LR3) oil tankers, priced at around USD 130 million, are slated for delivery next year.   The order comes on the back of the last year’s order for two similar vessels t...

Canadian shipowner and operator Fednav has ordered four more dry bulk carriers from a Japanese shipbuilder Oshima Shipbuilding, according to Clarksons Platou Shipbroking. Under the contract, the shipyard will construct four 34,500 dwt bulkers which will be fitted to operate on the Great Lakes of North America. The vessels are scheduled to join Fednav’s fleet in 2018, Clarksons added. The parties did not reveal the value of the order. In October of 2015, Fednav ...

Singapore-based ship owner U-Ming Marine Transport has signed a contract for the construction of two 81,500 dwt bulk carriers. According to the company, the new vessels will be built by Japanese shipbuilder Oshima Shipbuilding. The price tag and the particulars of the new bulkers have not been disclosed. The news comes only two months after U-Ming’s latest fleet expansion which saw the companytake deliveryof a 188,000 dwt bulk carrier M/V Cape Success, built by Shanghai ...