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…

Rotterdam Shore Power (RSP), a joint venture between the Port of Rotterdam and Netherlands-based Eneco, an international energy firm, has signed a deal with ABB to engineer and build shore power systems for three deep-sea container terminals in…

Meyer Werft has won a four, option two, contract from MSC Cruises which will “redefine the cruise experience” and “keep Germany at the forefront of maritime engineering”. So said Pierfrancesco Vago, executive chairman of the cruise line as the…

Belgian barge owner, Somtrans, has named its first LNG bunker barge, United LNG I. The vessel is the result of close cooperation between the barge company, shipbuilding contractor RensenDriessen, and outfitting partners TeamCo Shipyard and Gas &…