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FAIRPLAY Towage Group has ordered six new tugs from Sanmar Shipyards, with deliveries due across 2027 and 2028. The package covers three Robert Allan-designed classes, including a 120-tonne bollard-pull RAmpage 4200 offshore tug, a RAstar 3200SX terminal tug and four RAmparts 2400SX-MKII Boğaçay-class harbor tugs.
Bayraktar Shipping Group signed a contract on 2 September in Hamburg for a series of 1,800 TEU container feeder newbuildings with China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group Wuhan Qingshan Shipyard Co., Ltd. The order was described by the group as part of its fleet renewal programme, but no number of vessels or delivery schedule was disclosed. Erhan Bayraktar represented the company at the signing. Bayraktar said the deal involved the next generation of the family-run shipping group.
Windward Offshore has taken delivery of Windward Hamburg, completing a four-vessel CSOV series ordered from Vard. The vessel joins Windward Athens, Windward Paris and Windward Munich in the fleet, which can support offshore wind projects through construction, commissioning and long-term operations. All four ships were delivered on or ahead of schedule.
Leonhardt & Blumberg has ordered another two 49,500 dwt MR chemical and product tankers from Guangzhou Shipyard International, extending a newbuilding programme launched in 2024. Broker reports say the pair is due for delivery in 2029 and will be built to the same specification as the earlier ships, with scrubbers and methanol-ready designs.
SAL Heavy Lift and Wuhu Shipyard signed a memorandum of understanding on 3 September 2026 for five additional 14,600 DWT multipurpose heavy-lift vessels. The deal was announced at SMM 2026 in Hamburg and would extend a partnership that has already delivered the Orca Class series.
Chowgule and Company's Shipbuilding Division has delivered MV Hansa Anholt, the second 8,500 DWT vessel in a series for German shipowner Leonhardt & Blumberg. The ship was handed over from the Mangaluru shipyard on 27 August 2026. The class is intended for short-sea and regional trades.
Desan Shipyard will take part in SMM Hamburg 2026 in Hamburg, Germany, from 1-4 September 2026. The yard said it will use the exhibition to present its naval and commercial shipbuilding, repair, maintenance, conversion and renovation work at Hall B3, stand EG202.