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....
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...
Matson Navigation Company, a US carrier in the Pacific, has signed contracts with Philly Shipyard. to build three new 3,600 TEU LNG fuelled Aloha Class containerships for an aggregate price of approximately US$ 1bn. The first vessel is expected to be delivered in the...
Japanese operator Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) is pleased to announce the execution of five long-term Time Charter contracts through joint venture companies with QatarEnergy. The joint venture companies have concurrently executed shipbuilding contracts for...
NYK is to order two LNG-fuelled large coal carriers, of 95,000 dwt and 235m length, from Oshima Shipbuilding, for scheduled delivery in 2025. This ship order is a part of a bulk carrier fleet development aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in...
Sanmar Shipyards says it is delighted with the level of interest shown by operators around the world in its ElectRA series of eco-friendly electric tugboats, a Robert Allan Ltd design built exclusively by Sanmar.. The latest in a rapidly increasing number of orders is...
The 12th hybrid ro-ro ship of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class, named 'Eco Italia' has been delivered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing. Like her 11 sister vessels already deployed in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe, she is one of the...
The Grimaldi Group has signed a contract for the construction of five new PCTCs (Pure Car Truck Carriers) with the shipyard China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu, part of China Merchant Industry Holdings. The agreement foresees an option for additional five units,...
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the 'Fairplay-37' to Fairplay Towage Polska in Gdynia, Poland, a Damen Shoalbuster 2711 ICE which is set to play an important role in the development of the emerging offshore wind energy sector in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea...
