Vessels & Shipyards

Excessive vibration and noise continue to be two of the main challenges in the shipbuilding industry, which can be reduced using grooved mechanical pipe-joining, explains Didier Vassal, vice president maritime services at…

The dream of operating ships with no crew on board has been a long term quest for ship operators and now technology is moving towards a solution, suggests Dag Pike.

The new flagship of the Carnival Group’s Princess Cruises fleet, ‘Royal Princess’, is the largest ship to have been built by the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.

The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) says it has concluded an agreement with Nordic Yards of Wismar, Germany, to provide classification services and engineering input for two newbuild Russian icebreakers.

Havyard Group recently delivered its seventh newbuild for Indian shipping company Global Offshore Services, the Havyard 832 PSV ‘Makalu’.

German shipyard group Nordic Yards has won a €30 million order from Russia for the 2,500 ton deckhouse on the new LK-25 icebreaker Viktor Tschernomyrdin being delivered in 2015, writes Tom Todd.

Talks are underway with potential buyers, including Russians, about the bankrupt P+S Werften facility Volkswerft in Stralsund, in east Germany, and a deal could be clinched as early as September, reports Tom…

Norwegian shipbuilder Bergen Group plans to significantly accelerate its activities following a recent cooperation agreement with the Ukranian Zaliv shipyard, writes Eugene Gerden.

Deltamarin of Finland has been contracted by Chinese Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry and Swedish shipowner Wallenius Lines to carry out approval and detail design work for two (plus two options) Post…

Already one of the largest operators of shore vessels in the world, US company Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has announced a major fleet expansion plan, writes Dag Pike.

Danish operator Esvagt has contracted with Havyard of Norway for the design and construction of two service operation vessels, for offshore windfarm maintenance.

Financing has been secured for the building of another 10 Viking Longship inland cruise newbuildings at Germany’s Meyer Group and for the first time half of the order will be completed in…

Rolls-Royce has contracted with Brazilian shipyard Aliança Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, for a design and equipment package for two offshore vessels.

According to Dutch company Krankendonk, shipyards are coming under pressure thanks to the IMO PSPC coating regulations, which states that plates that are used in ballast tanks need to have a 2mm…

David Tinsley looks at the first of a pair of multi-purpose icebreaking ships for Sovcomflot of Russia, recently completed at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, and looks forward to similar future deliveries from the…

A new research ship, being built in Singapore for the Australian Marine National Facility, comes under the examination of David Tinsley.

David Tinsley describes the largest heavy lift ship of its type yet built, the ‘Dockwise Vanguard’, recently delivered from Hyundai’s Ulsan yard in South Korea.

Dag Pike looks at a new concept in fast catamarans, one that can transform itself into a semi-submersible work platform.

It has been an eventful time in newbuilding since ‘The Motorship’ last looked at Germany; the situation remains dire, but much is happening and the sector is still very much alive, versatile…

If there’s an illogicality to the relationship between support vessel owners and charterers that’s preventing cost saving and environmental mitigation investment, its because the charterers stand to gain while the owners are…