Vessels & Shipyards

Wärtsilä has been selected to provide a range of solutions including a propulsion package for a large wind farm main installation vessel (MIV) to be built at the CSBC shipyard in Taiwan.

Damen Shipyards Group has awarded ABB the contract for an advanced integrated power package for the world’s first custom-built diamond recovery vessel.

Saudi Arabian operator Bahri is strengthening its dry cargo logistic capabilities with a new series of Kamsarmax-class bulk carriers built in Vietnam, writes David Tinsley.

The Fjords has taken delivery of a third all-electric, carbon fibre catamaran designed and constructed by Norwegian shipyard, Brødrene Aa.

Polish shipbuilding’s role in the modernisation of Norway’s extensive regional ferry fleet has found further expression in the completion of the first of a new class of hybrid-powered double-enders, writes David Tinsley.

Construction of Russia, the worlds most powerful nuclear powered icebreaker, began when steel cutting for Rosatom’s Leader-class vessel took place on 6 July at Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex.

Matson Navigation Company conducted a naming ceremony for the second dual-fuel Kanaloa Class combination container/ro-ro (con-ro) vessel, Matsonia, at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego on 2 July.

A €175 million emergency cash injection from banks and guarantors could keep German shipbuilder MV Werften afloat and preserve jobs until Berlin pandemic crisis assistance starts in the autumn, writes Germany correspondent…

Shipyard Royal Niestern Sander has selected Pon Power to provide a diesel-electric propulsion package for the worlds first shallow draft ice-breaking vessel. The scope of the propulsion package includes the main engines…