General News

Damen Shipyards reports that newly founded offshore support company World Wide Supply (WWS) has ordered four PSV 3300 CDs, to a recently-launched design for offshore supply operations in adverse weather conditions.

SKF says it is further strengthening its commitment to the marine industry with the establishment of a marine-focused network of specialised technology and service centres to providing a range of marine solutions.

Hamworthy Krystallon says that the first of four vessels on which its seawater scrubbers are being installed, a ro-ro newbuilding for Italian ship owner Ignazio Messina, is now on line.

German ro-ro builder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has won an order from Canada for a 19,500dwt ferry newbuilding which it describes as “the world’s most eco-friendly con-ro ship”

Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (WDR) has announced that the double-ended ferry ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ is about to enter service, just 18 months after ordering. Neptun Werft in Rostock took ten months for the construction.