Aluminium shipbuilder Strategic Marine of Singapore has delivered two 40m 550-passenger low-emission catamaran ferries to the Government of Bermuda ahead of schedule and within budget. The delivery is the culmination of a two-year process which saw Strategic Marine...
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered two Combi Freighter (CF) 5000 vessels to Squtrixo General Trading, which will shortly be followed by a CF 3850 for the same owner. During the maiden voyage of the two CF 5000 vessels, Damen is monitoring performance via its onboard...
Shipbuilder Vard, part of the Fincantieri group, has delivered the CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessel) 'Norwind Helm' to Norwind Offshore. This is the fifth vessel in the series Vard has delivered to Norwegian Norwind Offshore, a company that offers...
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company, has held a christening and launch ceremony at the Enoura Plant of MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works for the Trans Harmony Emerald, the second of two LNG-powered ro-ros under...
Silverstream Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou), one of the largest ship repair yards in China and part of China Merchants Group. The partnership aims to drive retrofit installations of the Silverstream air...
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) subsidiary Daito Corporation has signed a contract for construction of an electric tugboat, powered by a large-capacity lithium-ion battery, with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI). The electric tugboat is to be equipped with a...
'Hamburg Express', the flagship of Hapag-Lloyd’s largest container ship class, has been ceremoniously christened at the Container Terminal Burchardkai in the Port of Hamburg. Rolf Habben Jansen, Hapag-Lloyd CEO, said: “With the Hamburg Express, we are setting new...
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has laid the keel for the first two of four fully electric ferries for BC Ferries of Canada. The keel laying ceremony marked an important milestone in the third phase of construction of the Island Class Ferries, which will bring the...
United European Car Carriers (UECC) has signed a shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing for up to four advanced multi-fuel battery hybrid pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) in a major fleet expansion by European sustainable shortsea ro-ro...
2024 marks 10 years since the Meyer family shipbuilding company took over the Turku shipyard in Finland, and over that time the shipyard, like the whole industry, has experienced both victories and challenges. In the anniversary year, the direction of Meyer Turku...
Ro-ro operator Stena Line has held a joint ceremony at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, Weihai, celebrating the release of 'Stena Futura' into the water for the first time, and the laying of the keel for 'Stena Connecta', which marks the beginning of the build....
Sanmar has held a steel cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction in a major project to provide four of its electric battery-powered ‘Tugs of the Future’ for Türkiye’s state-owned Botaş Petroleum Pipeline Corporation. Botaş has ordered four missions-free tugs...
At the Grimaldi Group's recent Euromed convention in Athens, the group revealed that it is investing in more newbuildings, which will reduce the average age of its ships – already 40% lower than that of the global ro-ro fleet – further still. Seven new ships have been...
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