Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has received an order for up to eight Aframax tankers from its compatriot shipping companies.

P&O Repasa, a new company formed by the acquisition of the majority of the shares in Spanish towage firm Repasa by P&O Maritime, has taken delivery of Damen’s Fast Crew Supplier 5009 Red Eagle which will be operated from Malabo on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

COSCO Shipyard Engineering Service (Dalian) (CSES), a 75%-held subsidiary of COSCO Shipyard Group (CSG), entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreements on 1 December 2015 to acquire the entire registered capital of COSCO (Tianjin) Shipyard Co., Ltd.

International classification society DNV GL has signed a newbuilding classification agreement with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (SWS) for the classification of three 20,000 TEU ultra large container ships (ULCS) for COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. (COSCON).

China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company Limited (DSIC) has received an Approval in Principle (AIP) from international classification society DNV GL for its new LNG-fuelled very large crude carrier (VLCC) design at the first day of the Asian maritime event Marintec China 2016.

Copenhagen-based shipping company Thorco Shipping has acquired five tweendeckers to replace some of the older tonnage in its fleet.

Croatian shipbuilder has started the preliminary construction work on Algoma Central Corporation’s (Algoma) three, 740 foot Seaway Max self-unloading bulk freighters, as the shipyard has been officially cleared to implement the project.

Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen is ordering ten 2,800 TEU container ships from Japanese shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd and compatriot CSBC Corporation.

Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has placed an order for three 50,000 dwt IMOIIMAX MR tankers with the Chinese shipyard CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (CSSC OME) in Guangzhou.

Connecticut-based liquefied petroleum gas shipping company Dorian LPG took delivery of its sixteenth newbuilt ECO very large gas carrier (VLGC) Chaparral from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries on November 20th, 2015.