Vard has completed an advanced cable laying vessel to Danish subsea specialist NCT Offshore, less than two years after the contract was signed. NCT Offshore is a Danish offshore vessel owner and operator with roots in the renewable wind industry. The company focuses...
New Zealand ferry operator Fullers 360 has announced the start of commercial service of its new electric hydrofoil ferry, ‘Kermadec’, claimed to be the world's first such operation. Kermadec is a fully electric, emissions-free, hydrofoiling ferry, which is set to...
Turkish shipyard Sanmar has launched of the first fully electric tugboat to operate in Latin America, which the company says marks a significant step forward in its mission to help create a sustainable tug and towing industry. Ordered by operator and long-time Sanmar...
The hybrid police boat WS1 'Bürgermeister Brauer' has been handed over to the Port of Hamburg, after a construction period of almost two years at the Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats. The boat was transferred to Germany by sea and will start its service with the...
Tug Malta has held a naming ceremony for its latest vessel, a Damen RSD Tug 2513 with 80t bollard pull, named 'Med Aldebaran'. The new vessel is expected to add significant strength to the company’s operations in Malta’s Port of Marsaxlokk. The RSD Tug 2513 is a...
Viking has taken delivery of its latest ocean cruise ship, the 'Viking Vela', from Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy. Classified as a small ship, as are all Viking ocean ships, the Viking Vela has 499 staterooms that can host 998 guests. Torstein Hagen, Chairman...
Swedish company Sirius Shipping has placed an order of four 7,999 dwt oil/chemical tankers at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, Dingheng. The 119.9 m long vessels, known as the Evolution 8K series, will be equipped with highly efficient propulsion and will feature...
A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has signed agreements with three yards for a total of 20 container vessels equipped with LNG dual-fuel engines. Combined, the vessels will offer a capacity of 300,000 TEU. With these orders, Maersk concludes the intended owned newbuilding...
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) celebrated the arrival of its newest dual-fuel methanol container vessel in Singapore, as part of the maiden voyage from Asia to Europe. The vessel, named A.P. Møller in honour of Arnold Peter Møller, the founder of A.P. Moller-Maersk, is...
Damen Shiprepair Oranjewerf reports that it is giving a green boost to ship repair, maintenance, conversion and refit projects with a recent shore power installation. The yard had already installed shore power suited to many of its projects. However, with this latest...
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Jiangnan Shipyard and classification society DNV have celebrated a naming and delivery ceremony for China's first large-scale Mark III Flex membrane LNG carrier, the 175,000m3 'Al Shelila'. The first of a six-vessel series,...
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered six RSD Tugs 2513 to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. The delivery consists of five RSD Tugs 2513 and one RSD-E Tug 2513 – the first fully electric tug to operate in a European port. With its fully electric propulsion, the...
Car carrier vessel 'Pontus Highway', of 7,000 vehicle capacity, has been delivered to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) . A sister to Nereus Highway, delivered from the same builder in August 2024, the 199.8m 75,698gt...
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