Vessels & Shipyards

In a rare reversal of fortunes for the UK shipbuilding industry, Ferguson Shipbuilders in Port Glasgow, Scotland has been selected to build the world’s first two sea-going ro-ro diesel electric hybrid ferries.

A collaboration between Rolls-Royce and China’s Bestway Engineering has produced a number of energy efficient ship designs, primarily centred on coastal, regional and inland shipping, and intended to meet anticipated future requirements…

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has won two significant orders for its 3500 series diesel electric propulsion engines to power offshore support vessels.

Swire Pacific Offshore Operations in Singapore recently took delivery of its latest platform supply vessel (PSV) from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) in Japan.

The IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, recently delivered a trailing suction hopper dredger to the Belgian dredging company DEME (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) Group.

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) recently completed and delivered the latest example of its Mitsui 56 series bulk carrier ‘Diamond Jubilee’ (MES hull no 1780) at its Tamano Works to Helios Navigation…

The move towards energy-saving and environmental measures encompasses warships as well as commercial craft; in fact military vessels may have lessons in ‘green’ technology for the wider world, as Dag Pike reports.

German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has recently delivered the ro-ro freight ferry Seatruck Progress to Seatruck Ferries in the UK.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has developed a new bulk carrier which the Japanese shipbuilder claims will enable reductions in carbon emissions by about 25% compared with conventional standard bulk carriers.