Vessels & Shipyards

David Tinsley describes the largest heavy lift ship of its type yet built, the ‘Dockwise Vanguard’, recently delivered from Hyundai’s Ulsan yard in South Korea.

Dag Pike looks at a new concept in fast catamarans, one that can transform itself into a semi-submersible work platform.

It has been an eventful time in newbuilding since ‘The Motorship’ last looked at Germany; the situation remains dire, but much is happening and the sector is still very much alive, versatile…

A very novel looking support and emergency oil spill response boat is soon to come out of Arctech’s Helsinki facility. The ARC100, is a peculiar looking beast but it has some very…

The Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) ‘Dina Star’ is the first vessel to take up an innovative DC (direct current) electrical system rather than the more traditional AC (alternating current) type.

There’s been a recent steep rise in the number of LNG powered vessels, mainly for North Sea use, and some predict that the chicken and egg ‘invest or wait for bunkering’ issue…

When Frank de Lange of Damen says the company’s latest PSV 3300 CD “has been designed to stand out,” he means it: the first in the series, the ‘World Diamond’ – due…

The MO1, Mainprize Offshore’s new vessel, is the first of a pair of support craft being built at the Buckie Shipyard; Bob Mainprize says it has benefited from “a lot of hard…

If there’s an illogicality to the relationship between support vessel owners and charterers that’s preventing cost saving and environmental mitigation investment, its because the charterers stand to gain while the owners are…