Offshore wind installation company Cadeler has signed firm contracts with COSCO Shipping Offshore shipyard in China for two new T-class vessels. The ships are scheduled for delivery in 2030 and 2031, at a combined contract value of approximately EUR…

Sallaum Lines has signed a contract with China Merchants Shipyard for one, option one, 8,600-CEU pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) for delivery in 2029. The new vessel will be LNG dual-fuel and ammonia-ready.

The latest contract takes the…

The 217m-long heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin has arrived in Hobart to transport Incat’s 130m-long battery-electric ship, Hull 096, to South America. Hull 096 was recently moved under its own power from Incat’s shipyard to Macquarie Wharf.…

The third in a series of six cruise vessels under construction for MSC Group’s luxury brand, Explora Journeys, has been delivered at Fincantiere’s Sestri Ponente yard in Genoa. Explora III has capacity for about 920 passengers and is the first in the…

BLRT Grupp has marked the laying of the keel for a new floating dock under construction at Hat-San Shipyard in Yalova, Türkiye, destined for BLRT’s Western Shiprepair in Klaipėda. The development follows a steel-cutting ceremony held in June. The…

Harland & Wolff has launched a recruitment campaign for 28 skilled tradespeople as construction activity increases on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Fleet Solid Support (FSS) programme, which will see the largest vessels built at the Belfast yard in a…

In a positive development for the US shipbuilding drive, Austal USA and Alabama Shipyard have launched AFDM 15, the first auxiliary floating drydock constructed in the US for approximately four decades and the largest structure ever launched from a…

Carnival Cruise Line has become the first cruise operator to adopt Jotun's Hull Skating Solution (HSS), a robotic hull-cleaning system designed to maintain hull performance through continuous proactive cleaning. Under the agreement, the technology…