In a large-scale programme involving 50 different shipowners, A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) is – in close collaboration with the owners – retrofitting around 200 vessels in its time-chartered fleet. The main aim of the programme is to reduce the slot cost by improving...
Ocean Infinity has contracted Vard for the design and construction of a new series of six multi-purpose offshore vessels, all of which will be operated from shore and will eventually utilise green ammonia as fuel. This order of six 85m, optionally crewed robotic...
Damen has signed a contract with Texas, US-based offshore operator Tidewater for the supply of two Damen Stan Tugs 2309, to be built at Albwardy Damen Sharjah and, on delivery in the first quarter of 2023, scheduled to go on charter to a long-standing customer....
Gondan Shipbuilders says it is leading a pilot project to calculate its Carbon Footprint with the aim of improving the reduction, absorption and compensation of greenhouse gas emissions in the Asturias region of Spain. The project, promoted by the Regional Ministry of...
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has delivered a Damen Crane Vessel 1804 WN25 to the 'bagger en drijfvuil' (dredging and floating debris) department of Waternet Amsterdam, the organisation responsible to delivering fresh water and associated management services to 1.3...
The construction of the newest member of the P&O Cruises fleet has reached another milestone as the Meyer Werft team laid the keel of the ship in a symbolic ceremony. In the process, the shipyard's 800-ton crane placed a 570t block for Arvia's underwater hull onto...
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and its group company MOL Ferry have announced orders for construction of two new LNG-fuelled ferries, to be built by Naikai Zosen Corporation for delivery in 2025. The new vessels will replace two ferries that MOL Ferry currently operates on...
The world’s largest ethane carrier, built in China for the global Ineos Group, was named, in Houston, as the ‘Pacific Ineos Belstaff’ after the iconic Belstaff clothing brand, which is owned by Ineos. The new ship joins Ineos’s growing carrier fleet and was primarily...
UK aluminium shipbuilder Wight Shipyard has announced a merger with France-headquartered multinational shipbuilder OCEA, which the company says will create a combined group to capitalise on fast ferry and offshore renewable energy markets opportunities. Wight...
Damen Maaskant has delivered a new beam trawler, 'Z-26 Avanti' to the Depaepe family of the Devan Shipping Company in Zeebrugge, Belgium. The 38m long vessel is designed for great hauling power with lower fuel consumption and better seagoing properties due to reduced...
The second vessel of Damen’s new Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 class has now completed sea trials and has entered service with owner Hanson UK, a UK building materials supplier, replacing an obsolete vessel. With a large part of the UK dredging fleet now several...
The UECC crew charged with bringing the first new Battery Hybrid LNG propulsion ship from Asia to Europe have given their verdict on this next generation clean vessel. As well as the noticeable build quality of the Auto Advance ro-ro, the general impression was how...
Edda Wind, a company founded by the Norwegian Østensjø Group, has added an additional order with Gondan Shipbuilders of Spain for a CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel), which will be the fifth vessel of the series currently under construction and the seventh...
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