Vessels & Shipyards

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has agreed a contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries for a 86,700 m3 LPG/ammonia carrier newbuilding. The dual-fuel newbuilding will be powered by an engine capable of…

An innovative series of large container vessels capable of operating on carbon-neutral methanol are to be built to ABS Class.

A new containment system and a class of vessel suited to the short-medium distance transport of natural gas from offshore production and storage facilities has been developed as part of the EU-funded…

One of the last bastions of short-sea ro-ro ferry production in Europe is poised to hand over a complex newbuild designed for northern Baltic service and featuring a hybrid electric power and…

Denoting deeper commitment to the European short-sea sector, the first of a new series of dual-fuel, multipurpose cargo vessels for Dutch operator Wijnne Barends has been launched in China, writes David Tinsley.

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) took delivery of the second of Canada’s Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) programme, the future HMCS Margaret Brooke, from Irving Shipbuilding Inc., in July 2021.

Danish ship builder Karstensens Shipyard has selected Wärtsilä as the main propulsion supplier for two new fishing vessels.

A.P. Moller-Maersk has placed an order with Hyundai Heavy industries for 8 x 16,000 teu container vessel newbuildings. The order for the dual-fuel methanol-fuelled newbuildings, which will be operated on carbon neutral…

US production of powerful German-designed medium-speed diesel machinery has been boosted by investment in a new flotilla of naval replenishment tankers, writes David Tinsley.

Deltamarin has signed design contracts with China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for the complete design of three Stena E-Flexer RoPax vessels.