The Estonia State Fleet has ordered its first fully electric passenger ferry at Poland’s Crist S.A. shipyard. Scheduled for delivery at the end of 2028, the vessel will operate mainly on shore-charged green electricity. It will be designed for…

Hamburg-based Bernhard Schulte has taken delivery of the tanker, Northern Purpose, marking an important step in the group’s expansion into carbon capture and storage in shipping. The liquid CO2 carrier, with a capacity of 7,500m3, has a dual-fuel LNG…

WinGD has won its first order for large ethanol-fuelled X-DF-M/E engines for two 325,000dwt bulk carriers to be built for China’s Shandong Shipping. The vessels will be constructed at Beihai Shipbuilding and chartered on 25-year deals to Brazilian…

Stillstrom by Maersk has been awarded a grant of EUR 5 million by Horizon Europe, a European Union research and innovation programme, for a project to develop offshore charging for ships at anchor with engines running. The money will fund the…

Vard will invest in a new floating dock at its Vard Langsten shipyard in Norway as the company seeks to expand capacity for newbuild, conversion and shiprepair projects while strengthening support for defence contracts. The floating dock will be…

The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has approved an expansion of the concession area held by Tenerife Shipyards at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, to allow the installation of a floating dock and associated operational facilities. The…

HD Hyundai Robotics has won its first robotic welding system order for the US shipbuilding sector under an agreement to supply ArcLift GO units to several shipyards operated by Chouest Group. The systems will be installed at three Chouest Group yards…

Marco Polo Marine plans to spin off its shipyard business through a reverse takeover of Fuji Offset Plates Manufacturing in a deal valued at up to USD 139 million (EUR 119.55 million). Under the proposed transaction, Fuji Offset Plates Manufacturing…