Norway’s electric ferry, Ampere, has notched up ten years of electric operation carry passengers and vehicles across the Sognefjord on the country’s west coast. The vessel’s battery pack has provided sufficient energy for the ferry to sail the…

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (Mitsui E&S) has embarked on tests of the world’s first commercial, two-stroke, dual-fuel ammonia engine. A prototype engine, the MAN B&W 7S60ME-LGIA Mk 10.5, has now begun its first test run at the Japanese…

Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) has named the first of five new 13,800-TEU container ships, ONE Sparkle, at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessel is the first newbuilding owned by the consortium which was established in 2017…

Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DSV) has signed a deal with Rossellini’s Four-10 to fit out the interior and exterior spaces of the research and expedition vessel, REV Ocean. The 194m-long vessel is intended to undertake research covering the entire…

Vlissingen-based Holland Shipyards Group has delivered the specialised cable recovery vessel, Maasvliet, to Hudig & Veder Group subsidiary, Hartel Shipping & Chartering. The 91m-long vessel will operate on long-term charter to Subsea Environmental…

Corvus Energy has revealed that it will deliver a Blue Whale Battery Energy Storage System providing close to 25 MWh of power for a new electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV) that will run principally on electricity. The lithium iron…

Norway’s Ulstein has unveiled a new wind farm support vessel design that combines the functionality of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) with that of a larger service operation vessel (SOV). The aim of the shipbuilder’s design team was to develop a…

Thecla Bodewes has delivered a short-sea multi-purpose vessel, the 5,050dwt Iana, to Van Dam Shipping. The first ship in the Salmo class has a diesel-electric propulsion system comprising three generator sets of 532 bkW each and two electric motors…

Copenhagen-based Cadeler has taken delivery of its sixth wind turbine installation vessel. The jack-up unit, Wind Maker, with DP2 capability, was named last week at Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in South Korea.

The vessel is the first of two M-class wind…