Fincantieri subsidiary, Vard, has won a contract from the UK’s Trinity House for two multi-function Buoy and Lighthouse maintenance vessels, the first of their kind. The deal is worth more than EUR 220 million.

The two vessels will replace the…

The 45m-long freight vessel, Menawethan, was christened earlier this month and has now entered service for the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) on the route between Penzance in Cornwall and Scilly Isles’ capital, Hugh Town, on St Mary’s island.…

Copenhagen-based Cadeler has taken delivery of Wind Ace, the second of three A-class newbuilds under construction at Cosco Shipping Offshore in Qidong, China. The A-class vessels are designed for various operations including the installation of XXL…

Econowind’s VentoFoil 3-Series boundary layer suction wings have been issued with a Type Approval Design Certificate (TSDC) by DNV. The document confirms compliance with the classification society’s ST-0511 standard for Wind Assisted Propulsion…

German submarine system developer, Gabler, and defence technology firm, FLANQ, have completed the successful Sea Acceptance Test of an uncrewed surface vessel launched from 21-inch underwater torpedo tubes.

The Torpedo-Tube-Launched Uncrewed Surface…

Spanish maritime services company, Boluda Corporacióm Maritima, has celebrated the opening of its Netherlands and north European headquarters in Rotterdam’s iconic Maritime Quarter.

The building was inaugurated by Vicente Boluda Fos, the company…

Trieste-based shipbuilder, Fincantieri, and the world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation, have celebrated three decades of cooperation and the steel-cutting of the first of three Ace-class ships, to be named Carnival Destiny.

The…

Netherlands-based subsea cable logistics company, Wind Group, has signed a long-term deal with Smålandshamnar AB, operator of the ports of Oskarshamn and Västervik in southern Sweden, to set up a dedicated cable storage and offshore service yard in…

Cantabrian Sea based Gondan Shipbuilders has secured a contract from Haugesund-headquartered Østensjø Rederi to build a second tug based on the Skilsteknisk ST-933 design. The order comes just nine months after the first contract and is the 23rd…