Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has taken delivery of the 167,800gt cruise vessel, Norwegian Bliss, from Papenburg-based shipbuilding group Meyer Werft in Bremerhaven.more

P&O Cruises‘ Fincantieri-built cruise vessel Ventura recently completed a two-week docking at Damen Shiprepair Brest, the first time that a Carnival plc ship has undergone repairs there.more

Dutch yard Royal IHC has won an order from the Engineering Authority of the Egyptian Ministry of Defence (MoD) for construction of ten IHC Beaver cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and five work boats of type Delta multi craft (DMC)...more

A merger between the two Bremerhaven-based ship repair companies German Mechanics and Offshore GmbH and German Ship Repair GmbH & Co KG has resulted in the establishment of a new company called GSR German Ship Repair GmbH. more

Peruvian tug operator Tramarsa has ordered one escort/harbour tug which is under construction at China’s Jiangsu Wuxi Shipyard.more

Austrian river cruise specialist Lüftner Cruises has taken delivery of the Amadeus Queen, the 15th vessel in the company’s fleet built by Netherlands-based Shipyard de Hoop.more

The Singapore Collaborative has won a Worldwide Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) competition to design a safe and affordable 300-passenger ferry for use on the Singapore Strait. more

South Korea’s Ilshin Logistics has recently taken delivery of the first bulk carrier to be powered by LNG.more