Vessels & Shipyards

The recently delivered new Cunarder, ‘Queen Elizabeth’, is the third newbuilding to enter service with this Carnival Group subsidiary in the last six years and joins an impressive line-up of passenger ships…

Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping carbon dioxide gas.

When the Fosnavåg-based offshore fleet operator Rem Maritime ordered its first AHTS vessel back in May 2007, the owner, Åge Remøy, took a gamble that the market would need the vessel and…

The first of two large superferries, built by Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, was recently put into service with Stena Line on the North Sea run between Harwich and the Hook of…

The first of a pair of novel LNG ships is shortly to enter service in connection with the Neptune LNG Deep Water Port in the USA.

The Oceanic Vega, claimed to be one of advanced seismic research vessels afloat, was delivered in July by Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, to a joint venture between Norwegian shipowner, Eidesvik Offshore…

When the French cruiseship company Compagnie du Ponant approached Fincantieri with a new and innovative project to develop, design and build a mega-yacht style cruise ship, the Italian shipbuilder devoted its technical…

Welcome newbuilding orders, impressive completions and some positive corporate moves against a background of improving markets have revived spirits this autumn in German shipyards, writes Tom Todd.

Towage and salvage specialist Multraship successfully brought the 1,258 dwt, St Vincent & Grenadine-flag general cargo vessel ‘Janina’ to safety after it was holed by a fishing vessel while at anchor at…