Vessels & Shipyards

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply the main propulsion engines for two new 41m patrol vessels for the Royal Thai Navy. Each vessel will be powered by 2 ×…

The float-out of the coming flag-ship of Carnival Cruise line has been celebrated at Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.

Copenhagen-based tanker operator TORM is to order its first dual-fuel ready engines as part of an order for two newbuild 114,000dwt LR2 product/crude oil tankers. The two new vessels will also be…

A major investment for the Greenland trade is signified by the completion in China of the new flagship of the Royal Arctic Line (RAL), writes David Tinsley. The 2,150 TEU Tukuma Arctica…

Representing the largest-ever single investment in Australia’s Antarctic Program, the 160-metre icebreaking research and logistic support vessel Nuyina is expected to be ready for the 2020/21 southern hemisphere summer season, writes David…

Small sized Dubai-based shipowner Tomini Shipping took delivery of three Ultramaxes on 7 January at Chinese shipbuilder Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai.

The first LNG-fuelled large coal carriers are expected to enter service in Japan in 2023 after MOL and NYK take delivery of two 95,000dwt bulkers. The two vessels are to be built…

Following an order for three hybrid StoRo ultra large green vessels at Jinling Shipyard in 2018, Finnlines has recently signed an order for two RoPax vessels from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard.

Northern Spain’s vibrant shipbuilding industry has landed the contract for Ireland’s new research ship, scheduled to be delivered to the Galway-based Marine Institute (Foras na Mara) in 2022, writes David Tinsley.

Australian high-speed vessel technology has been favoured for a new stage in the development of the ferry network serving the Canary Islands, writes David Tinsley.