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Royal Niestern Sander signs contract for conversion project

Shipyard Royal Niestern Sander, the Netherlands, has been awarded a contract for the conversion of a multipurpose offshore support vessel by local customer Wagenborg Offshore. An existing type PX121 platform supply vessel will be converted into a…

13.02.2023

Companies & People

ST Engineering buys Keppel yard

Singapore’s ST Engineering’s marine business has bought Keppel FELS’ Gul Road site and its assets for SGD 95 million. The deal includes three floating docks, existing buildings, workshops, and related machinery. The site will replace ST…

10.02.2023

Shipbuilding

Wärtsilä and Berge Bulk complete first inline shaft generator retrofit

Technology group Wärtsilä has completed retrofitting an inline shaft generator system on the Berge Toubkal, a capesize bulk carrier owned by Singapore-based Berge Bulk. This is the marine industry’s said to be first-ever shaft generator retrofit,…

09.02.2023

Companies & People

Työvene Oy and Baltic Workboats form new shipbuilding group

Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats and Finnish shipbuilder Työvene Oy have established a new ship construction company, Nordic Yards Group. Ships of up to 120m in length will be built by the new yard, Nasva, on the Estonian island Saaremaa and…

08.02.2023

Offshore

Damen unveils new design for floating wind industry

Netherlands-based Damen Group has unveiled details of a conceptual design for a multi-function vessel capable of supplying, installing, securing and inspecting the components of floating wind structures. The size and weight of components necessary…

08.02.2023

Offshore

Windea Leibniz upgrade completed

The offshore wind support ship Windea Leibniz has returned to service for Bernhard Schulte Group following an extensive upgrade at Ulstein Verft. The modifications enable a broader range of vessel operations in the future, transforming the ship, also…

07.02.2023

Shipbuilding

WinGD and CMB.TECH co-develop large ammonia-fuelled engine

Swiss-based marine engine manufacturer, WinGD, and Belgium’s CMB.TECH, a clean energy technology firm, are to pool resources in the development of a large ammonia-fuelled engine suitable for large bulk carriers. The two-stroke X72DF engines are to be…

06.02.2023

Shipbuilding

Second dual-fuel chemical tanker joins Fisher fleet

UK-based ship services group, James Fisher and Sons plc, has taken delivery of a second LNG dual-fuel chemical tanker, Lady Maria Fisher. The vessel will join sister ship, Sir John Fisher, delivered in November, and will cut carbon and SOx emissions…

06.02.2023

Shipbuilding

Neptun Werft wins river cruise ship contract

Rostock’s Neptun Werft, a Meyer Werft subsidiary, has won an order from long-time customer, Viking River Cruises, for another ship in the Viking Longship series. The hybrid vessel, like its four sister ships delivered in 2020, will have a hybrid…

06.02.2023

Shipbuilding

Fundamental propulsion upgrade for Silja Europa

Estonian ferry company, Tallink Grupp, has signed up Sweden’s Qtagg, a marine green tech company, to undertake a comprehensive propulsion upgrade of the cruise ferry, Silja Europa. The project will ensure substantial fuel savings of about 6% and…

03.02.2023

Shipbuilding

First contract with offshore vessel operator HST Marine

British offshore vessel owner HST Marine has awarded a contract to Singapore-based shipyard Strategic Marine to construct four hybrid-powered CTVs (crew transfer vessels). The order of the new customer includes two options for repeat vessels. The…

03.02.2023

Shipbuilding

Damen yard to build sustainable inland ships for Amer Shipping

Werkendam-based Concordia Damen is to build two low-draught 110m-long dry cargo vessels for Amer Shipping, an inland waterway transport company also based in the Netherlands. The CDS Dry Cargo 110 vessels have been designed with an optimised hull…

02.02.2023

Shipbuilding

Holland Shipyards signs contract with De Bock Maritiem

Holland Shipyards has landed an order to construct two 3,600dwt coasters for Dutch shipping company De Bock Maritiem. The vessels, designed by Conoship, will transport dry cargo, and the draft makes them suitable for sailings on the river Rhine and…

01.02.2023

Company News

Maersk and MSC to go their separate ways

The world’s two largest container lines, Maersk and MSC, are to end the vessel sharing agreement known as the 2M alliance in 2025 when the ten-year arrangement comes to a close. The end of the alliance will also see the long-established brands of…

31.01.2023

Comment

Editorial of Ship&Offshore 1/2023: Harnessing the potential

2023 is only a few weeks old but for many, the turn of the year may already be only a distant memory. Too much is happening: almost every day there are new developments to which society, politics and industry must adapt. Globally, the Russian attack…

31.01.2023

Companies & People

New setup for Becker’s Cobra battery division

Becker Marine Systems’ (BMS) Compact Battery Rack (Cobra), developed by the company over the last six years, is now owned by Lehmann Marine, established at the beginning of this year as a subsidiary of Family Office Höpen GmbH. Both Höpen and the…

30.01.2023

Shipbuilding

T. Mariotti and Neptune Co to launch "Project Sama”

Italian yard Mariotti has won an order from Saudi Arabia to build one 100-passenger luxury cruise ship. Provisionally called Project Sama, the vessel was ordered by Neptune Co, a joint venture of hotel group Aman and Cruise Saudi. Project Sama is the…

30.01.2023

Companies & People

Team Malizia joins International Windship Association

Team Malizia, a professional sailing team led by German skipper Boris Herrmann and supported by several leading transport companies, has become the first offshore sailing team to join the International Windship Association (IWSA). IWSA promotes wind…

27.01.2023

Shipping

Socatra chooses Norsepower sails for MR tanker

French tanker owner and RoRo operator, Socatra, has signed a contract for Norsepower Rotor SailTM installations on board its 50,000dwt medium-range (MR) product tanker, Alcyone. The 2022-built tanker, on charter to TotalEnergies, is to have two 35m x…

26.01.2023

Shipbuilding

Alfa Laval unveils biofuel-compatible separators

A new range of biofuel-optimised separators has been launched by Alfa Laval. Also available as upgrades to existing installations, the new separators are compatible with biofuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and fatty acid methyl ester…

25.01.2023

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