Vessels & Shipyards

The reform of Russian shipbuilding, which was marked by a spate of scandals and behind-the-scenes struggle for gaining control over the strategic industry, is nearing completion, writes Eugene Gerden.

Every second is critical if things turn out badly enough to require abandoning ship, but as Benny Carlsen of Viking tells Stevie Knight, there is the ‘last man’ issue.

Offshore support sector vessels are more likely to find themselves working in difficult conditions, close up and personal with very expensive bits of kit which can endanger life and limb, says Stevie…

Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock reports that it has continued to attract technically advanced offshore support vessel repair and maintenance projects.

The German Lindenau Werft yard recently docked two ships operated by Bitunamel Feldmann of Lubeck, a contractor involved in specialised piling work for the offshore industry.

Alewijnse Marine Systems says that it completed electrical repairs and modifications on Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes, within just three weeks.

A new concept of reefer vessel, which has been proposed by Danish naval architecture practice Knud E Hansen, focusing on speed and efficiency of handling perishable cargoes in harbour, is described by…

Austrian company Fronius has launched two new welding developments into the shipyard market; a modular MIG/MAG welding-appliance platform and a battery-powered MMA welding unit.

As the first cruise ships dock for regular seasonal overhauls in the big German yards, the impression of a relatively quiet summer is hard to dispel, but appearances may have been deceptive,…

Russian-built hydrofoil ferries operated passenger services globally for many years, writes Dag Pike.

David Tinsley looks at the latest cruise vessel to come out of the STX yard in Saint-Nazaire, France, for German operator Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.

The first international service passenger ferry operating on purely-LNG-fuelled engines recently entered service on trans-Skagerrak duty, and is described here by David Tinsley.

Dag Pike looks at yet another design for a wind-assisted large merchant vessel – this time from a well-established and successful designer of sailing craft, so prospects look promising.

As recently as the 60s and 70s, sailing cargo vessels operated efficiently around Europe, writes Wendy Laursen.

Norwegian shipyard Kleven has announced an order from Østensjø Rederi of Haugesund for a 150 m offshore construction vessel, to the SALT 304 OCV design.

Rolls-Royce says it has won an order to provide an integrated design and equipment package for two OSVs to be built at Cosco (Guangdong) Shipyard for Singapore based offshore services company Chellsea…

Malaysian cruise operator Star Cruises has placed a contract for a 150,000gt cruise vessel with German yard Meyer Werft of Papenburg.

Royal Arctic Line has signed a contract for the construction of five new cargo ships to be built at Polish shipyard Remontowa in Gdansk.

A delegation from Chinese ship and crane builder ZPMC will visit German shipyard Sietas next week prior to deciding whether to make an offer for the bankrupt facility, writes Tom Todd

Two more orders for luxury inland cruise ships have been won by Meyer subsidiary Neptun Werft in Warnemuende, bringing the number ordered since 2000 to an incredible 45, writes Tom Todd.