Trieste-based shipbuilder, Fincantieri, and the world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation, have celebrated three decades of cooperation and the steel-cutting of the first of three Ace-class ships, to be named Carnival Destiny.

The…

Netherlands-based subsea cable logistics company, Wind Group, has signed a long-term deal with Smålandshamnar AB, operator of the ports of Oskarshamn and Västervik in southern Sweden, to set up a dedicated cable storage and offshore service yard in…

Cantabrian Sea based Gondan Shipbuilders has secured a contract from Haugesund-headquartered Østensjø Rederi to build a second tug based on the Skilsteknisk ST-933 design. The order comes just nine months after the first contract and is the 23rd…

The UK-flagged tug Svitzer Stanlow is undergoing a significant repair programme at Balaena Birkenhead, where yard teams are carrying out extensive work on the vessel’s Voith Schneider propulsion system during a scheduled drydocking. The project…

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched a campaign aimed at helping feeder-vessel operators address ageing fleets, tightening environmental regulations and growing pressure to improve efficiency. The initiative, titled ‘Powering the next generation of…

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has partnered with Nvidia to develop a digital shipyard at its Sakaide Works in Japan, integrating generative AI (GAI), robotics and digital-twin technology across commercial shipbuilding operations.

The project aims to…

Louisiana-based Bordelon Marine has completed the conversion and redelivery of the US-flagged Lilly Bordelon, transforming an existing offshore vessel into a DP2 ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV) for subsea operations.

The vessel, part of the…