The 399,999dwt Pacific Vision, a very large ore carrier (VLOC) built by China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard, has been delivered to China Merchants Energy Shipping with smart notation from DNV GL.more

Belgian group DEME has won a large contract for the SeaMade Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium including construction of two offshore electricity substations.more

ABB and Helsinki City Transport have completed the successful trial of remote navigation, controlling the ice-class passenger ferry, Suomenlinna II, through a test area near Helsinki harbour.more

Singapore yard Singapore Technologies Engineering (STE) has won a contract to build twelve patrol vessels worth up to S$400 million (US$292.6 million) from Singapore’s Police Coast Guard (PCG).more

Production on a new laser-hybrid welding line has begun at MV Werften’s Rostock yard where the first of three new shipbuilding halls – Hall 11.1 – has been opened.more

Russian maritime agency Rosmorport plans to order nine new icebreakers up to 2025, said Rosmorport chief Mr Andrey Lavrichev.more

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has launched its first high-speed engine, the Wärtsilä 14, to meet the requirements of workboat and small vessel operators.more

China’s AVIC Weihai Shipyard has cut the first steel for Stena Line’s third E-Flexer RoPax vessel, due to be deployed in the company’s Irish Sea operations in 2021.more