Vessels & Shipyards

US operator Interlake Steamship Company has provided a boost to industry on the Great Lakes by awarding a contract for a 28,000dwt self-unloading bulk carrier to Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding at Sturgeon Bay,…

French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique has signed an agreement for a fifth order from cruise operator Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) for an Edge-class ship. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in autumn…

Swiss-Swedish corporation, ABB, has secured an order covering power, automation, propulsion and digital systems for the second icegoing cruise ship to be built by Ulstein for Lindblad Expeditions.

Classification society, ABS, has granted approval in principle (AIP) to two new gas carrier designs from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.

German propulsion and steering manufacturer, Schottel, has recently completed a modernisation of a bulk carrier owned by Norway-based Bio Feeder.

Custom-built in Germany for the Chinese market, the 169,300 gt Spectrum of the Seas is set to become the largest and most capital-intensive cruiseship plying Asian waters when she starts operating out…

AS Tallink Grupp, the Baltic cruise and ferry operator, has ordered a ropax ferry from Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC). The vessel is scheduled for delivery in early 2022.

Princess Cruises, the subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, and Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, have signed the final contracts for the construction of two next-generation dual-fuel cruise ships.