Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group has cooperated with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, Ulsan City, and Ulsan Information Industry Promotion Agency to successfully build an 'ICT Convergence Electric...
Damen Shipyards, Caterpillar and Pon Power have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of a series of dual-fuel methanol / diesel powered tugs, following Damen’s recent delivery of an all-electric RSD-E Tug 2513 to New Zealand. Damen’s...
The floating out ceremony of 'Brilliant Lady', last of four ships which Virgin Voyages (new cruise operator and a brand of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group) ordered from the Italian Fincantieri group, has taken place at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente (Genoa) shipyard....
German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has started production of the cruise ship 'Silver Ray' for Silversea Cruises with a steel cutting ceremony at the Papenburg yard. Like sister ship Silver Nova, which is already under construction, Silver Ray is said to set new standards...
Harbour tugs 'Dóris' and 'Tétis' are successfully operating in the Portuguese Port of Leixões, near the city of Porto, following very short term delivery by Damen Shipyards. The vessels can perform a wide variety of towing, pushing and indirect towing operations that...
Vard has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a Cable Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group of Italy, which will be very similar to the 'Leonardo da Vinci', which was delivered from Vard to Prysmian in 2021. Prysmian says the Leonardo da Vinci exceeded...
The German Meyer Group has announced that it has been contracted by Disney Cruise Line to complete the build of a cruise ship under construction at the former MV Werften yard in Wismar. Meyer Group plans to employ several hundred former employees of MV Werften and...
MSC Group’s Cruise Division has taken delivery from Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard of its new flagship 'MSC Seascape', the 21st to join the MSC Cruises fleet and the fourth to have been built by Fincantieri as part of a €7bn investment package for 10 ships. ...
Edda Wind, a company jointly owned by Norwegian groups Østensjø and Wilhelmsen, has ordered another CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel) from Spanish yard Gondan, the sixth vessel of the series currently under construction and the eighth project commissioned...
Indian yard Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has won an international export order with an European client for construction of Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for offshore wind farms, with a contract valued at around Rs 1000 Cr, with potential for more orders in...
Viking has taken delivery of the company's newest ocean ship, the 'Viking Neptune', from Fincantieri's shipyard in Ancona, Italy. While identical to Viking's other ocean ships, the Viking Neptune is equipped with a small hydrogen fuel system, making it what is...
Swedish operator Furetank and Canadian company Algoma Central Corporation have expanded the FureBear joint venture to include eight climate-friendly, dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The 50/50 owned joint venture is now extended with four...
The CIMC Raffles Longkou Shipyard in China has begun construction of the first of two 6,500 CEU PCTC vessels for Wallenius, which will be chartered to Volkswagen Group. In summer 2021, Wallenius Marine and Volkswagen signed a contract for two multi-fuel vessels with...
