PT Dok dan Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero) denied reports that it had gone bankrupt and that PT PAL Indonesia had taken over its assets. The Jakarta-based yard said it is operating normally and that all shipyard assets and production facilities remain under its control.
Fraser Industries LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering on shipyard modernisation in the United States. The agreement covers work from yard diagnosis and layout design to robotics, automation, digital systems and workforce development, with Fraser Shipyards in Superior, Wisconsin, named as a demonstration model.
Naval Group has completed trials of the Telewelder teleoperated welding arm at Technocampus Ocean under the European Jarvis project. The system is designed to let welders work remotely through a virtual reality headset, with the yard saying it can reduce heat exposure by up to 70% while improving safety, time and weld quality.
SAAM Towage has ordered a second tug from Chilean yard ASENAV, adding to a vessel it already commissioned earlier this year. The new unit is a 32-metre Robert Allan RAstar 3200W design with more than 80 tonnes of bollard pull and IMO Tier III emissions controls.
ASMAR and ASENAV handed over two landing barges for the Armada de Chile’s Proyecto Escotillón IV on 6 May in Valdivia. The steel barges are 19.78 metres long, 5.6 metres wide and draw 1.1 metres, and can carry a crew of three and loads of up to 30 tonnes.
ASENAV has delivered the ferry Andalué after completing repairs and modernisation work for the Ministry of Public Works through the Port Works Directorate. The job included a full replacement of the propulsion system with four new, more powerful engines and deep maintenance of the azimuth propulsion lines.
ASENAV moved the 94-metre Magellan Discoverer through the Calle Calle river in Valdivia before the hybrid-electric cruise ship’s open-water trials. The vessel, built for Antarctica21, required the Cau Cau Bridge to be raised to at least 30 degrees for the crossing.
ASENAV said its new RAstar 3200-W escort tug is about 50% complete at its Valdivia yard and is due for delivery in February 2027. The speculative-build vessel will have 80 tonnes of bollard pull and is being built without a prior contract.
Grandweld Shipyards completed a complete main engine overhaul on an oil tanker at Khorfakkan Anchorage, with the vessel afloat in open water. The work included renewal of all main bearings, turbocharger overhaul and inspection, governor servicing and calibration, full decarbonisation, and inspection, measurement and reassembly.
Grand Bahama Shipyard has opened applications for its 2027 apprenticeship intake, a four-year programme for young Bahamians in marine welding, steel fabrication, pipefitting and mechanical trades. The yard said more than 100 workers have come through the scheme or are in it now, and applications close on 28 August 2026.
Columbus Yachts has launched the Atlantique 38m M/Y Principessa Capricciosa, the fourth unit in its Atlantique range. The yard says the 38m model is the most compact in the series.
ASENAV was named Gran Empresa Transformadora in the Naturaleza y Biodiversidad category of the Premios Iniciativas Sustentables 2025 for its Magellan Discoverer project. The hybrid-electric cruise ship, built in Valdivia for Antarctica21, was cited for reducing CO2 emissions and underwater noise in Antarctic waters.