Vessels & Shipyards

Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry has a new reference on the European market, by way of a UK-designed, steel-hulled catamaran ro-pax ferry delivered for service between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands, writes…

Fibre optic cable company, Nexans, has hosted the grand block ceremony for its new DP3 cable installation vessel.

AET, the leading petroleum tanker owner and operator, named its newest vessels, two of the worlds first LNG Dual-Fuel Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tankers (DPSTs). The sister twin-skeg 123,100dwt shuttle tankers, Eagle Blane…

Structural change and revitalisation of German shipbuilding is accompanied by technological and environmental strategies to keep the industry ahead of the curve.

Steel cutting has been implemented in China on a 40,000dwt self-unloading bulk carrier ordered for north European trade by a German-Canadian joint venture, writes David Tinsley.

A joint venture between Novatek and Sovcomflot will oversee order and operation of a new fleet of ice class LNG carriers, writes Eugene Gerden

What is being billed as the world’s largest combined scientific research and cruise expedition vessel will dock at specialist German shipyard Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven (LWB) next April for about a year…

The UK’s new polar research ship is a boon to the science community and also represents a milestone industrial achievement, writes David Tinsley.

Japan’s NYK Line has placed an order for an LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC). The 200 metre-long vessel is expected to become the world’s largest LNG-fuelled PCTC when it enters…

A new generation of ferries has been ordered in China to serve passenger and freight traffic between Britain and continental Europe on the busiest and shortest crossing of the English Channel, writes…