Vessels & Shipyards

Central to a scheme to provide Australian grain producers with a more cost-effective export channel, an innovative class of shallow-draught transhipment vessel is approaching completion in China.

Condensate arising from the Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic is to be shipped to export markets by an Arc 7-class icebreaking tanker newly-built in China, writes David Tinsley.

Like Marco Polo in the fourteenth century, Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has been treading the long road to China. Now, writes Gavin Lipsith, a burgeoning cruise market is in its sights.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard has delivered the world’s first intelligent very large ore carrier (iVLOC) to China Merchants Energy Shipping Company.

Signalling the impending debut of a major US-owned hotel group in the ultra-luxury segment of the cruise business, a 24,000gt newbuild has been launched for Ritz-Carlton from the Vigo premises of Hijos…

Italy’s coastwise and shortsea traffic is set to gain two ro-ro freight vessels that will rank among the largest in the Mediterranean, writes David Tinsley.

Additional icebreaker capacity is planned by Russia in support of traffic growth on the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the country’s Arctic seaway. David Tinsley reports.

Norwegian ship designers, Ulstein Verft, has been commissioned to build a new plug-in hybrid ship for fellow Norwegian cruise company, Color Line.

Cruise and passenger ships are in demand at bigger German yards while specialist tonnage proves lucrative elsewhere, reports Germany correspondent Tom Todd.