Vessels & Shipyards

Use of LNG fuel is central to the fleet modernisation strategy of the Spanish ferry operator Balearia, and a milestone in the realisation of its multi-faceted newbuild and conversion programme was recently…

With effect from March 1, Australia’s leading transport company Toll Group has introduced two new ro-ro freight vessels to the Bass Strait service linking the mainland and the island of Tasmania. The…

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping has exercised an option connected with an order for 5 × 15,000-teu boxships placed in November 2017 and requested another six vessels. All 11 engines involved in the…

Technology group Wärtsilä is to design and equip an advanced polar multipurpose transport vessel for Norway-based Aker BioMarine. The vessel, which is designed for operation in Antarctic waters, will be constructed at…

A second cargo vessel of the innovative EasyMax concept has been ordered in the Netherlands by Wagenborg Shipping from Royal Niestern Sander in the light of trading performance with the 2017-built first-of-class…

Global shipping company, MSC, and Italian shipbuilder, Fincantieri, have signed the final contracts for the construction of four luxury cruise ships.

United European Car Carriers (UECC) has signed a contract with China Ship Building Trading and Jiangnan Shipyard Group to build two new generation pure car truck carriers (PCTC).

Construction and engineering company, Deltamarin, has signed a contract with Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC) for the design of a car passenger ferry for Finnish-Swedish consortium, Kvarken Link AB.