Swedish transport publication, Dagens Logistik, has once again named the Gothenburg region as the best logistics location in the Nordics. This is the 25th time that Gothenburg has won the accolade out of the publication’s 26 annual assessments.

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Orange Marine, the marine subsidiary of the French undersea cable company, Orange Group, has ordered two cable repair ships of VARD 9 03 design at Colombo Dockyard. The vessels will be similar to the cable layer, CS Sophie Germain, delivered in July…

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) and Fincantieri have agreed a deal for the design and construction of three new cruise vessels, which will underpin fleet development between now and 2037.

The agreement covers a new vessel for each of the…

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) has chosen Munich-based Siemens to provide the digital system for its ‘Future of Shipyard’ project. This will involve developing ship design and production platforms for the future.  

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The UK’s Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) has commissioned its latest vessel, Pole Star, which was officially named in January. The agency, which oversees the operation and maintenance of navigation aids and lighthouses in Scotland and the Isle of…

Liverpool-based Armada Technologies is to supply a passive air lubrication system (PALS) for Mein Schiff 6, a cruise vessel owned by TUI Cruises. The 15-deck vessel, with a gross tonnage of 98,785, was built in 2017 and has capacity for 2,534…

France’s LD Armateurs has launched the first of three low-emission RoRo vessels, Spirit of Toulouse, at Wuchang Shipyard in China. The shipbuilder is part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, the world’s largest shipbuilder.

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The world’s third largest liner company, CMA CGM, has chosen low-earth-orbit (LEO) services provided by Eutelsat’s OneWeb system which is to be delivered, integrated, and installed by Marlink on more than 300 vessels over the next nine months.

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Netherlands-based heavy-lift shipping company, Roll Group, has ordered two new heavy-lift barges at an unnamed shipyard in Indonesia. The barges, which will be classed by DNV, will be 85.2m long, 27.4m wide, with a design draft of 4.8m.

The 9,350dwt…