The eleventh RoPax ship in a series of 15 vessels, Saint-Malo, has been delivered to Stena RoRo AB by Chinese shipyard CMN Jinling (Weihai). The ship has been fixed on long-term charter to French operator, Brittany Ferries, and will be deployed on the route between Portsmouth and Saint Malo from February. It will replace the Bretagne, which has operated on the service since 1987.

The European Union-sponsored TwinShip project will involve more than a dozen technology and service providers, including shipping companies, classification societies, ports, software developers, and technology providers such as Wärtsilä Corporation. The aim is to improve access to reliable data thereby enabling smarter decisions on decarbonisation initiatives.

Netherlands-based short-sea and project cargo specialist, Amasus, has returned to Spanish wind sail developer, bound4blue (b4b), for what will be the world’s largest suction sail system on a general cargo ship so far. The contract comes after the shipping company assessed performance of the first eSAIL® installation on Eems Traveller, which has been sailing with two 17m-high eSAILs since July 2023.

Rotterdam-based Boluda Towage has boosted its capacity in northern Europe with the acquisition of Finnish harbour towage and icebreaker firm, Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering (YHB). The Finnish company’s six-ship fleet includes five icebreakers capable of operating in extreme weather conditions. Efficient and safe ship manoeuvring in ice requires both ice-class vessels and expert crews.

Windward Offshore GmbH & Co. KG and Stödig Ship Management AS are to set up a joint venture to manage the technical and crew operations for a fleet of commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The new arrangement has been formalised through a…

Norwegian coastal operator and expedition cruise company, Hurtigruten, has released more details of its Sea Zero project aimed at developing a substantially more sustainable ship design. Still in its research and development phase, the project’s…

Hamburg-based eCap Marine has completed a project for Offshore Service GmbH to provide an emissions-free power plant for the offshore support vessel, Coastal Liberty. The vessel now uses green hydrogen and is working in the Wadden Sea.

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The first in a series of six commissioning service vessels (CSOVs) being built by Damen for offshore workboat group, Windcat, has been launched at Ha Long Shipyard in Vietnam. Following outfitting and commissioning, the first CSOV is due for delivery…