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…

Turkish shipbuilder and tugboat operator, Med Marine, will expand its fleet following the recent launch of a MED-A2360 tug of Robert Allan RAmparts 2300-W design. The 23.4m-long tug, constructed at the Ereğli Shipyard that was itself built by Med…

Insolvency proceedings have begun at Germany’s FSG-Nobiskrug shipyard group with four companies affected by the development. They are the Schleswig-Holstein shipyard group FSG-Nobiskrug Holding GmbH; Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH; Nobiskrug…

Buss Terminal Eemshaven has been chosen by Ecowende as the shoreside service terminal for construction of the Hollandse Kust West (Lot VI) wind farm and Buss Ports’ subsidiary, Buss Offshore Solutions, will provide logistics and construction support…

Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas (BV) for its design of a standard floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) Unit. The design incorporates advanced digital systems to support more…

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) is to install three 22m-high bound4blue eSAILs® on a medium range tanker currently under construction at New Times Shipbuilding in China. The latest order follows a retrofit installation last February…

Fincantieri-owned Vard has completed an extensive conversion project, transforming a 2008-built platform supply vessel, Volstad Princess, into a specialised cable layer. The IT Infinity, owned by I.T. International Telecom Marine SRL (IT) since 2021,…