Vessels & Shipyards

Dutch shipbuilders have reasserted the industry’s prominence in the short-sea domain, landing a succession of new domestic and export contracts this year, writes David Tinsley.

Japan’s latest shipbuilding alliance has landed a further, major export contract from Taiwan for intra-regional container vessels, writes David Tinsley.

Built to serve a new, coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, the 21,500dwt Calypso heralds Oldendorff Carriers’ latest investment in dedicated vessels for bulk cargo transhipment, writes David Tinsley.

LNG dual-fuel power is set to make its operational debut in the VLCC sector in 2022 by way of an installation in a Chinese newbuild, writes David Tinsley.

A.P. Moller-Maersk has agreed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyards for a 2,100 teu container feeder newbuilding. The dual-fuel newbuilding will be powered by a MAN B&W ME-LGIM engine capable of operating…

Vale has taken delivery of what it claims is the worlds first VLOC newbuild to be equipped with an air lubrication system. The Silverstream® System, supplied by UK clean technology supplier Silverstream…

Australia has bolstered and extended its capability for scientific research and exploration in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean through investment in the 160m Nuyina, now being readied for her first polar season,…

Expressions of interest are being sought for the operation of a new shipyard in London, writes David Tinsley.

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) has announced that the first of two dual-fuel Caledonian MacBrayne ferries being built at the yard will be delivered between “July and September 2022”.

The Singaporean maritime engineering services provider Sembcorp Marine has opened talks to combine its operations with local competitor Keppel O&M, the two companies announced in a stock market filing yesterday.