Fincantieri owned Vard has signed a deal with Norwegian fishing firm, Rosund Drift, for the design and building of a new stern trawler. The vessel, based on the shipbuilder’s Vard 8 02 design, is intended both for semi-pelagic and bottom-trawling…

WinGD has completed successful trials of a 46,000m³ LPG/ammonia carrier that will use ammonia as fuel. The vessel, named Antwerpen and built at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, has now been delivered to Belgium’s Exmar.

It has a WinGD X52DF-A dual-fuel…

Netherlands-based Acta Marine has commissioned the Acta Gemini, its latest Walk-to-Work (W2W)  construction service operation vessel (CSOV) built at Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye. The third in a four-ship series, the offshore wind support vessel will be…

Cyprus-based Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of two 7,400-CEU LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu). The two new ships, Ocean Express and  Ocean Navigator take the company’s Ocean-Class fleet…

Switzerland-based ABB has won a contract to supply power and propulsion systems for two electric tugs to Polestar Maritime in the first phase of India’s Green Tug Transition Programme (GTTP). The vessels, due for delivery from Cochin Shipyard to…

Damen has announced two larger designs in its Combi Freighter series. Based on the CF 5000, the CF 6000 and CF 7000 versions will have extended midship sections enabling them to carry 20% and 40% more cargo, respectively.

The vessels will have…

Emissions regulation specialist OceanScore and StormGeo, a weather-routing and voyage optimisation consultancy, have signed a collaboration agreement to work more closely on emissions reporting, data validation, and strategies to minimise exposure to…

Marine research company, Inkfish, has placed an order at Vard for a deep-sea research vessel worth close to EUR 700 million. It is the largest order ever won by the Fincantieri subsidiary and the largest-ever newbuilding contract in Norway.

The…

Global shipping, an essential and constant business that fuels the world economy, usually operates out of sight. This year, Posidonia opens as international shipping hits the headlines every day. With commercial ships stranded in the Arabian Gulf,…

Netherlands-based Jumbo Maritime has released details of its L-Class heavy-lift transport vessels (HLTV), designed in partnership with Rotterdam ship design firm, Vuyk Engineering. The two vessels, to be built at Dajin Heavy Industry in China, are…