Vessels & Shipyards

Icelandic Eimskip and Greenland-based Royal Arctic Line A/S have ordered three energy-efficient container vessels designed by Deltamarin.

Japan’s Peace Boat cruise organisation says it will construct its unique Ecoship green concept cruise vessel with the Finnish shipbuilder Arctech.

Leading repair and conversion yard German Dry Docks (GDD) is expanding its marine engine repair and maintenance business by integrating its own MWB Power division and new partner Zeppelin Power Systems (ZPS)…

An advanced diesel-electric, battery assisted vessel for Norwegian environmental project Rosellinis Four-10 is to become one of the largest ships ever designed and built by Vard.

It has been a dramatic year in German shipbuilding with newbuilding on a high and repair and conversion facing consolidation challenges and changing markets, writes Germany Correspondent Tom Todd.

Hapag-Lloyd has invested in a new generation of boxships on the strength of new opportunities offered by the enlargement of the Panama Canal and prospects of long-term growth in Latin American economies.…

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) had received approval in principle from DNV GL for a LPG carrier design that employs a double side-hull to offer increased protection of liquefied gas tanks.

Damen Shipyards Group has entered into an agreement with Keppel Offshore & Marine to buy the Verolme shipyard in Rotterdam.

Vancouver shipyard group Seaspan is to lead a C$1 million investment in collaborative robotic systems company Novarc Technologies, which develops robots and advanced control techniques to make pipe welding more efficient.