General News

Ulstein Verft has delivered the first of two medium-sized platform supply vessels for Blue Ship Invest. The 83.4m long ‘Blue Fighter’ is to Ulstein’s new PX121 design, and features Ulstein’s X-bow hull…

Insolvent private German shipyard J.J.Sietas has announced that 250 of its remaining 700 employees will lose their jobs up to May as the facility cuts its cloth to match its order load,…

Approval in principle has been granted by DNV to Kawasaki Heavy Industries newly-completed design for a 9,000TEU container ship fuelled by LNG, using a new type of LNG tank that provides more…

Bureau Veritas says that it has developed, in conjunction with Korean shipbuilder DSME and operator CMA-CGM, a design for a 14,000TEU container ship to be fuelled by LNG. The design has been…

Rescue operations on the stricken Carnival cruise liner Costa Concordia have been suspended in Italy today after the vessel has apparently shifted position.

Hamburg-based SAM Electronics, an L-3 company, has launched a new series of bridge navigational watch alarm systems (BNWAS) designed for simple installation aboard both new and existing vessels of any type or…

Undaunted by the unexpected loss of a major contract just this month, Kiel’s Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel has reported good current repair business and predicted that more will come, writes Tom Todd.

French offshore group Bourbon has set up a new organisation, Bourbon Docking, located in Dubai, to manage class dockings of vessels operated by all Bourbon affiliates.