Vessels & Shipyards

German Chancellor Angela Merkel put the finishing touches to the building of Germany’s biggest and most expensive research ship to date by naming and launching the €124.4 million ‘Sonne’.

Meyer Werft’s delivery of its biggest-ever cruise ship and its mind-boggling €1.6 billion order for two more 164,600gt Breakaway Plus newbuilds highlight German newbuilding this autumn: but they are not the only…

Dag Pike looks at a Dutch innovation in diesel electric propulsion, fitted to an offshore supply vessel for service in the US, which is claimed to provide substantial fuel savings and increased…

Subsea7’s newbuild pipelaying vessel, which has been built in the Netherlands and tailored to the specialised needs of the Brazilian offshore oil and gas market, is described by David Tinsley.

There is palpable excitement at EMAS Singapore. The flagship of the fleet, ‘Lewek Constellation’ has entered service in full splendour and has set off for West Africa for a heavy lift job…

As the first of a pair of LNG-burning general cargo ships for operation in ECAs is nearing completion in China, David Tinsley looks at what could prove the future for European coastal…

LNG’s longstanding ‘chicken and egg’ conundrum may be at an end as the very first US LNG bunkering vessels are in sight.

A lack of consistency in newly trained mariners and the need to return to ‘old fashioned skills’ are factors leading some offshore support companies to think again, writes Stevie Knight.

After decades of boom on what seemed to be an unlimited North Sea oil and gas bonanza, production levels are beginning to finally beginning to dip.

The arctic holds huge potential for the oil & gas industry although it looks like modifications will be necessary for hardware, processes and crew work patterns.