NEW BUILD SERVICES

Over 100 years of ship building

Graig began building and purchasing ships over one hundred years ago during the coal boom in the early nineteen hundreds. Led by Idwal Williams, his son Desmond Williams, and now our current CEO Hugh Williams, Graig navigated the post World War One world, the Great Depression, the motorship boom, World War Two, ship management of extensive fleets, and more.

In 1995 Graig opened an office in Shanghai to leverage the expert shipyards and shipbuilders that China offered. Since then, we have been delivering a wide range of new building services in China, Vietnam, and India for more than 25 years with over 240 projects completed across all vessel types and sizes. 

As a result Graig has a proven track record of managing complex newbuilding programmes and overseeing billions of dollars of vessel orders invested through Asian and particularly Chinese yards. From our office base in Shanghai since 1995, we retain deep knowledge of China, as well as strong connections across the full Chinese landscape: from shipyards through to leasing companies, owners, designers, equipment providers, class societies and more.