Vessels & Shipyards

Two new Ulstein PX121 platform supply vessels built at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co (SWS) in China have been delivered to owners, Sinoocean.

Coltraco Ultrasonics has launched a portable ultrasonic liquid level indicator for inspecting industrial tanks up to 15m in diameter.

Progressive, long-term design thinking underpins a Norwegian project for two ships to serve the humble but vital North European bulk cargo traffic, writes David Tinsley.

Construction of Russia’s long-mooted, Leader-class nuclear icebreaker, specified with 120MW of propulsion power and destined for the eastern Arctic, has been awarded to Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, writes David Tinsley.

The construction of Wasaline’s new car and passenger ferry is on schedule, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the shipbuilding and allied industries in China begin to revive after the hiatus caused by Covid-19, a project for a series of LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers has boosted the orderbook, writes David…

A consortium of Dutch dredging and offshore shipowners and financial institutions have agreed to take over Dutch shipbuilder and equipment supplier Royal IHC. As part of the deal, the Dutch Ministry of…

Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku has announced that it is halting plans to expand the shipyard’s annual production capacity from one to two large ships. The yard had planned to ramp up to…

Norwegian ship operator Østensjø Rederi has ordered four next generation vessels from Spanish shipyards. The innovative hybrid vessels are designed to be hydrogen ready, permitting hydrogen storage and fuel supply systems and…

Troubled German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) hopes to resume production in summer now that an application for self-administered insolvency has been approved, writes Tom Todd.