Vessels & Shipyards

Expansion and upgrade of Irish Continental shortsea transport capacity has been set in train with the entry of the first of four Chinese-built, 1,004 teu boxships into BG Freight Line’s service network.…

A UK practitioner in the general cargo short-sea trades has looked to the Dutch industrial maritime cluster for its latest stage of fleet development. David Tinsley reports.

Purpose-designed for the transport and self-reliant discharge of bulk cement, the 7,800dwt Cymbidium was delivered by the Royal Bodewes group in early January for trade in the Caribbean region, writes David Tinsley.

C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the design for a wind-assisted general cargo vessel to Dutch shipping company Switijnk Shipping.

In Philadelphia, high-grade tankers and containerships are being constructed on the site that produced the Iowa-class battleships ‘New Jersey’ and ‘Wisconsin’ for the US Navy. By David Tinsley.

Fincantieri and the French government have agreed on terms for the sale of an effective majority share of STX France to the Italian shipbuilder.

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co are to join forces to build merchant ships.

Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction’s Subic Shipyard has delivered the biggest containership to sail under the French flag to owner CMA CGM.

Since its surprise creation nearly two years ago, MV Werften (MVW) has progressed a five-year newbuilding programme - comprising nine ships valued at €3.5 billion - which is breathing new life into…

Wärtsilä is to retrofit what it says is the world’s first energy storage solution on board a large DP3 offshore supply vessel.