Vessels & Shipyards

Two new Ulstein PX121 platform supply vessels built at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co (SWS) in China have been delivered to owners, Sinoocean.

Coltraco Ultrasonics has launched a portable ultrasonic liquid level indicator for inspecting industrial tanks up to 15m in diameter.

Construction of Russia’s long-mooted, Leader-class nuclear icebreaker, specified with 120MW of propulsion power and destined for the eastern Arctic, has been awarded to Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, writes David Tinsley.

As the shipbuilding and allied industries in China begin to revive after the hiatus caused by Covid-19, a project for a series of LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers has boosted the orderbook, writes David…

A consortium of Dutch dredging and offshore shipowners and financial institutions have agreed to take over Dutch shipbuilder and equipment supplier Royal IHC. As part of the deal, the Dutch Ministry of…

Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku has announced that it is halting plans to expand the shipyard’s annual production capacity from one to two large ships. The yard had planned to ramp up to…

Norwegian ship operator Østensjø Rederi has ordered four next generation vessels from Spanish shipyards. The innovative hybrid vessels are designed to be hydrogen ready, permitting hydrogen storage and fuel supply systems and…

Troubled German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) hopes to resume production in summer now that an application for self-administered insolvency has been approved, writes Tom Todd.

French liner shipping giant CMA CGM is to deploy the first South Korean-built, LNG-fuelled container vessel writes David Tinsley. The 14,681TEU CMA CGM Tenere is further distinguished by the adoption of a…

The east German shipbuilding group MV Werften (MVW) has been told it can hope for financial support worth some €600 million up to the end of the year to help it cope…

HMM has held a naming ceremony for the world’s largest containership at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Okpo shipyard in Korea.

Wärtsilä has won a contract to develop a customised design for up to six new luxury expedition cruise vessels owned and operated by Amundsen Expeditions.

Vard, the Norwegian shipbuilder and designer, is to design and build the first Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for operation in Taiwan. The order will be built at Vards yard in Vietnam, Vard…

Despite the earlier suspension of operations due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft has handed over its latest high-capacity ro-ro freight vessel, writes David Tinsley.

With China posing determined new competition, Japan’s shipbuilding industry is intent on maintaining pre-eminence in the niche sector of woodchip carrier construction, writes David Tinsley.

After heading into 2020 with no newbuild work in hand or on order, Philly Shipyard has just clinched a major deal for the construction of two 160-metre merchant navy training ships to…

Every inch the model of deepsea ro-ro technology tailored to the exacting quality demands of factory-new vehicle transportation, the latest tonnage for Siem Car Carriers also encapsulates an advance in environmental standards…

Following nationalisation last December, after problems with the fulfilment of an order for a ro-pax ferry newbuild came to a head, Scottish yard Ferguson Marine has engaged an Isle of Man-based technical…

Ranking as the largest-ever vessel for P&O Cruises and the UK market, the 183,900gt Iona was brought down the River Ems from Meyer Werft at Papenburg last week in readiness for final…