Vessels & Shipyards

Bergen-based shipping company Utkilen took delivery of the third of a series of four ice-class chemical tankers from Avic Dingheng shipyard on 15 May.

Europe’s offshore wind sector is the destination for the first of a new generation of deck carriers built in China, writes David Tinsley.

The Lürssen Group and German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) are merging their military and naval surface shipbuilding activities saying the move is “long overdue” as well as “sensible and advantageous”, writes Germany…

Advanced, handysized tonnage from China will afford considerable scope as to liquefied gas cargoes, writes David Tinsley.

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…