Netherlands-based heavy-lift shipping company, Roll Group, has ordered two new heavy-lift barges at an unnamed shipyard in Indonesia. The barges, which will be classed by DNV, will be 85.2m long, 27.4m wide, with a design draft of 4.8m.

The 9,350dwt…

Singapore shipyard, Strategic Marine, has delivered a 27m-long crew transfer vessel (CTV) to a Taiwanese client for deployment in that country’s offshore wind sector. The vessel has been built to the shipbuilder’s StratCat 27 design developed jointly…

Hamburg-based Windward Offshore has taken delivery of a second commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), named Windward Paris. With its hull built at Vard in Romania and fitted out at Vard Brattvaag in Norway, the vessel will enter a charter to…

China Merchants-owned Deltamarin has signed a design contract with Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard Group for an open deck carrier for Finnish shipping company, Meriaura. Design work is starting immediately based on a concept developed in Finland jointly…

Stena RoRo has extended its ten-year partnership with China Merchants Industry (CMI) Weihai Shipyard with a new order for two, option four, C-Flexer RoRo vessels. The designs have been developed by the Gothenburg-based company in collaboration with…

Wärtsilä Corporation has won a contract to provide a Wärtsilä 25 ammonia-powered engine for owner Skarv Shipping Solutions, which operates cargo vessels on the Norwegian Coast.

The vessel is thought to be the first of three similar units for which…

UK-based Chartwell Marine has landed a design contract for a new ferry to link remote Scottish island community with the mainland. The hybrid-propulsion ferry is due to enter service in 2027.

The ferry is expected to be deployed between the UK’s…

Nine European countries bordering the North Sea have agreed to invest up to EUR 1 trillion in offshore wind installations over the years 2031-2040. The ‘Investment Pact for the North Seas’ sets out a plan to develop 15GW in each of the ten years.

At…

Fincantieri subsidiary, Vard, based in Norway’s Ålesund, has presented the results of the NuProShip II project which has assessed the potential for replacing conventional power systems with small fourth-generation nuclear reactors aboard specialised…