General Dynamics NASSCO delivered USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8) to the U.S. Navy on Tuesday. The handover completed the Expeditionary Sea Base programme, which the yard said was the last vessel in the class built under the contract.
Bayraktar Shipping has contracted Wuhan Qingshan Shipyard for two firm plus two optional 1,800-TEU container vessels. Deliveries are due in 2028 and 2029. The Turkish owner last took delivery of a newbuilding in 2011, according to Clarksons.
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.
Navantia UK said a temporary cover developed with production teams in Belfast has cut welding time on sections with drainage openings by more than half. The yard said the fix lets robots weld straight across the openings without stopping and reduces manual finishing work.
Students from the Bahamas Institute for Youth Leadership Development toured Grand Bahama Shipyard late last month and saw floating drydocks, active repair areas and the work behind vessel repair projects. The visit included talks with employees who began as apprentices and later moved into planning, project management and administrative roles.
Ferus Smit will launch Nb. 479 Arklow Dale at its Westerbroek yard on Thursday 10 September at 11.00 hrs. The vessel is the first of six newbuildings for Arklow Shipping of Ireland and has a length overall of 129.95 metres, a deadweight of about 11,500 tonnes and cargo hold capacity of around 470,000 cft.
ISA Yachts has launched the first unit of the ISA Viper 130 in Ancona. The 38.8-metre GRP planing yacht, Fast Naan, is built with carbon-fibre reinforcements and will debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2026 before the Monaco Yacht Show 2026.
Harland & Wolff has secured what Navantia UK called its largest investment in a cruise ship revitalisation project at the Belfast yard since acquisition. Margaritaville at Sea’s flagship Beachcomber will be transformed there, with the work expected to generate about £40 million for the Belfast region.
Navantia UK has taken on 21 new apprentices at its Methil yard, lifting the site total to 75. The intake forms part of 121 apprentices hired across the company this year, as Methil also works on the Navantia UK Seahorse and a new export vessel contract.
Rauma Marine Constructions has completed the hull of the third multi-purpose corvette for Finland’s Squadron 2020 programme. The vessel will now move into outfitting, with launch scheduled later this year. All four corvettes are now under construction at the Rauma shipyard.
Estaleiro Mauá CEO Miro Arantes took part in a Navalshore panel on the support-vessel market and the impact of global shipping dynamics on Brazil. Mauá said about 4,500 support vessels are operating worldwide and roughly half could reach 25 years of service by 2035.
At Navalshore, Estaleiro Mauá CEO Miro Arantes joined a panel on the support-vessel market and the impact of global trends on Brazil. He pointed to an aging world fleet, a comfortable PSV balance in Brazil for now, and a Brazilian HTS fleet in which about 70% of vessels are 16 years old or more.