Germany’s HS Group has placed an order for four multipurpose vessels, plus six options, at Jiangsu SOHO Marine Heavy Industry.
Mare Trust, an investment house specialising in the shipping sector, is supporting the deal with up to EUR100 million (USD116.2 million) of investment. Deliveries of the 12,500 dwt ships are scheduled for August 2027 through to February 2029.
India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) has signed a contract with Germany’s Carsten Rehder for the construction of four hybrid multipurpose vessels, plus two options.
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has signed an agreement to time-charter two dry cargo vessels from Klip Marine.
Auerbach Schifffahrt reports that its first newbuild has hit the water in Taizhou, an F500 multipurpose vessel.
Toepfer Transport’s monthly multipurpose rate index fell by another 0.5 percent month on month. The average daily time charter rate for a 12,500 dwt/F-type heavy lift vessel was USD12,690 at the start of October 2025.
Boluda Towage has acquired Boskalis’s towage business in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Multipurpose shipping line Spliethoff has confirmed that a crew member of its vessel Minervagracht has died following the September 29 attack in the Gulf of Aden.
