British maritime tech firm, BMT, and Australian shipbuilder and defence firm, Austal, have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate on commercial ship projects, providing scalable ship design and boosting engineering capacity.

The agreement,…

Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued the first Type Approval Certificate to Belgium-based BeHydro for its 100% hydrogen marine engine. The company, a joint venture between Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) and CMB.TECH, has developed…

Cyprus-based RoRo owner, Sallaum Lines, has signed up with Xiamen Shipbuilding in China for two, option two, 8,600-CEU pure car truck carriers (PCTCs). The vessels will be the shipowner’s largest so far.

With five liftable decks, the 200m-long PCTCs…

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…