Carnival Corporation & plc is to install air lubrication systems from Silverstream on two more cruise ships, taking the total number in the Carnival fleet to 16. The vessels will be the third and fourth 180,000-gt ships in the Excel class to have…

Rotterdam-based offshore construction company, Van Oord, has taken delivery of the offshore installation vessel, Boreas, at Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China. Named after the Greek God of the northern winds, the vessel has been designed to…

Marine fuels firm, KPI OceanConnect, and Neste, the Finnish oil company, have completed the first delivery of renewable diesel, HVO100, for the cruise industry in Singapore. MY Renewable DieselTM,, sourced from the Vopak Penjuru Terminal, was…

Towage company, Svitzer, and vehicle transporter, Höegh Autoliners, have cooperated in the development of an emissions-reducing procedure in towage operations in Australia. At the end of the Höegh Aurora’s maiden voyage to Australia, Svitzer…

A Norwegian-led partnership, NuProShip, is examining the scope for nuclear propulsion in shipping. Funded by the Research Council of Norway, the project is being supported by the Norwegian subsidiary of Fincantieri, Vard, the Norwegian University of…

Goltens Dubai has hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the Polar expedition vessel Captain Arctic for French owner Selar. The 70m-long vessel will rely primarily on renewable energy sources for propulsion, resulting in a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions…

Royal Boskalis BV has announced the conversion of an existing vessel into the world’s largest subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel, with a capacity of 45,500dwt. The Windpiper, due for delivery in the first quarter of 2026, will double the capacity…

Stena RoRo has taken delivery of E-Flexer No. 12 – in a series of 15 vessels - from Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The Guillaume de Normandie is long-term chartered to the French shipping company Brittany Ferries. The vessel will be powered…