UK-based maritime design and engineering consultancy BMT has launched a series of new water taxi designs in response to a tender issued by the Hong Kong Transport Department. more

Hamburg-based Buss Offshore Solutions and IDEA Offshore of St Nazaire, France, chose the WindEnergy Hamburg Expo to sign an MoU, outlining the services offered by their newly established joint venture, Buss IDEA Offshore. more

Commodities trading group Noble Corporation said it has an option for another new Gusto MSC CJ46 design jack-up rig with the PaxOcean Group.more

Norwegian owner Havila Kystruten, a Havila Holding subsidiary, is to split the construction of four new cruise ferries between Turkey’s Yalova-based shipyard Tersan, and Astillero Barreras at Pontevedra in Spain, with each yard...more

South Korean yard Hyundai Heavy Industries has an order generated by Norwegian oil company Equinor, formerly Statoil, for two new shuttle tankers.more

Netherlands-based towage and salvage firm Iskes Towage & Salvage combined its fiftieth anniversary celebrations with the naming of two new powerful Damen azimuth stern drive tugs destined to work mainly in IJmuiden (Amsterdam)...more

Wärtsilä’s hybrid power module Wärtsilä HY, has been granted Approval in Principle (AIP) by the classification society ABS.more

The government of Ghana said China’s CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard has been awarded an order to build a floating regasification unit (FRU) as part of a programme of infrastructure to import liquefied natural gas called the Tema terminal...more