Malaysia’s OMS Group has ordered two cable layers at Ulstein in Norway. The contract, signed late in December, is the latest step in the Asian company’s expansion strategy and comes at a time of surging demand for high-capacity subsea cable systems. …

Incat Tasmania has begun sea trials of what is claimed to be the world’s largest battery-electric ship in Hobart. The 130m-long passenger-vehicle ferry is undergoing a series of test manoeuvres on the River Derwent which flows through the Tasmanian…

Classification society Rina and Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) have won a five-year deal – ‘Promoting Green Ports and Connectivity in the Caspian Sea Region’. The green ports project will assist ports in the Caspian and Black Sea – Baku in Azerbaijan,…

Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary, Vard, has won a new contract from its existing customer, Ocean Infinity, for the design and construction of four multipurpose robotic vessels worth more than EUR 200 million.

Two of the vessels will be built at…

Union Maritime, based in London, has taken delivery of the 114,000dwt tanker, named Spa, which is equipped with two WindWings® sails from Bar Technologies. The vessel, built at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China, is thought to be the first vessel of…

Swiss-based RoRo operator, Sallaum Lines, has taken delivery of the pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), Ocean Explorer, which has a capacity of 7,500 car equivalent units (CEU). Built at the Chinese yard, Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd, the 200m-long…

Netherlands-based Acta Marine has taken delivery of the Acta Pegasus, the first in a series of four walk-to-work construction service operation vessels (CSOVs) with DP2 station-keeping ability. The vessels are being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey…