Vessels & Shipyards

Finnish technical consultancy Elomatic has developed a concept design for a zero-emission pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) in cooperation with the NYK Group and NYK’s research arm Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) of Japan,…

Oldendorff carriers has ordered two transhipment vessels from Chengxi Shipyard in China for operation in Vietnam, each propelled by 2 x 1.9MW Azipod units. The order represents the first reference for ABBs…

Representing both a breakthrough for mobile nuclear technology and a landmark technical achievement by the Russian shipbuilding industry, the floating nuclear plant Akademik Lomonosov has departed Murmansk under tow for a remote…

Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has launched the fiftieth hull built for Norways Havyard Ship Technology.

Bremerhaven’s Petram Group has sold its shares in three local shipyards to longstanding fellow-German associate Heinrich Rönner, saying it wants its shipbuilding interests to stay in trusted hands and not be sold…

Further testament to the constant renewal and revitalisation of Japan’s long-haul coastal ferry fleet was provided this month by the launching of the 16,300gt ro-pax Settsu, designed for Seto Inland Sea service,…

Giving a prestigious boost to the merchant fleet under the Spanish flag, the 180,000m3-capacity LNG carrier Adriano Knutsen has entered service on long-term charter to power utility Endesa following handover in South…

Australian shipbuilders Austal and Incat Tasmania, have ordered eight MAN 16V28/33D STC engines following the decision of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago to build one fast ferry at…

Norway’s maritime cluster has opened a new chapter in the roll-out of environmentally-attuned shipping through the completion of the world’s largest ‘plug-in’ hybrid ferry combining diesel and electric power, writes David Tinsley.