Vessels & Shipyards

A new car ferry for Norwegian owner Torghatten Trafikkselskap will be built as a hybrid vessel using ABB technology, with the possibility of conversion to a fully electric vessel at a later…

Stena has signed a contract for four ro-pax ferries, heralded as the ‘most fuel efficient in the world, to be built by AVIC International Ship Development at its Weihai yard.

Wärtsilä Ship Design has been contracted by an unnamed Chinese yard to design a new jack-up lift vessel in collaboration with lift boat specialist Altis.

Fincantieri and Carnival Corporation have finalised a contract for the construction of five next-generation passenger ships.

In a surprise development, Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB), now owned by Genting, said Thursday it will “continue to acquire orders independently on the international market” and will lengthen a DFDS ferry by…

Namibian ship repair yard Elgin Brown & Hamer has been granted the international health and safety certificate OHSAS 18001 a year after attaining ISO 9001 certification.

‘Maersk Connector’, although starting from Damen’s 8500 offshore carrier base vessel, has incorporated a number of interesting changes – not least that it’s going to settle down on its bottom writes Stevie…

One of Maersk Line’s longest container vessels has recently departed from Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSBr).

Finnish naval architect and marine engineering specialist, Foreship, sees goal-based concept design as key to ensuring new generation exploration ships can enter unforgiving polar seas in comfort and safety.

DFDS Seaways has initiated a major refit and rebranding exercise across several vessels, with work already completed on five vessels.

Following the creation of a giant new shipbuilding alliance in Germany, Lloyd Werft has said it has orders for ten newbuildings for completion over the coming decade, writes Tom Todd.

Scrubber retro-fits and a range of conversion work on mainly smaller specialist ships is keeping some German shipyards busy in the opening months of the year, reports Tom Todd.

Even before the latest signatories ratified the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention, Gulf repair yards and engineering firms were squaring up to meet the installation challenge, writes Paul Bartlett.

Rolls-Royce Marine has developed a new low capex/opex ro-ro design, explained by Oskar Levander, vice president of innovation, engineering and technology.

French classification society, Bureau Veritas (BV), is classing the new Chinese-built 37,000dwt asphalt carrier, recently delivered to US-based Sargeant Marine.

Global shipbuilder and designer Vard has delivered a 7,000m3 full-pressurised LPG carrier to Petrobras Transporte (Transpetro), the first vessel to be completed at the group’s newest yard, Vard Promar near Recife.