Vessels & Shipyards

South American operator Buquebus has endorsed a further advance in high-speed ferry technology by ordering what is claimed to be the world’s largest aluminium ship, writes David Tinsley.

In the first ever application of a biocide-free, self-polishing antifouling to a cruise vessel, Nippon Paint Marine has successfully applied its new Aquaterras hull coating to an AIDA Cruises’ vessel.

The technology group Wärtsilä has won the contract to supply 40 generating sets for 12 new LNG fuelled platform supply vessels (PSV), the first such vessels to be built for a Chinese…

Denmark-based KNUD E HANSEN has designed the first generation of LNG-powered ultra-large RoRo vessels for the newly-established Swedish company, Wallenius-SOL.

Quebec City-based shipowner Groupe Desgagnes took delivery on 30 April of the last in a series of four LNG dual-fuel tankers custom-built in Turkey, writes David Tinsley.

Deltamarin has participated in the design and engineering of recent record-breaking vessels, Boka Vanguard and Pioneering Spirit.

Ulstein Verft has delivered a Walk to Work service operation vessel, the ‘Acta Centaurus’, to Acta Marine. The new vessel is about to set sail for her first offshore wind assignment.

Havyard has signed a contract with Norsk Fisketransport (NFT) for the design and construction of 2 Havyard 587 wellboats with an option for one more vessel.