Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine has delivered the RAstar 2800 series support tug Christos 73 to Igmar, a member of Greece’s Spanopolous Group.

With a length of 28m, a breadth of 13m and a bollard pull of 75 tonnes, Christos 73 is set to facilitate…

Damen Shipyards has delivered a barge to aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company Blue Origin. Early September, the vessel arrived at its home port in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will support Blue Origin’s aerospace operations.

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The successful completion of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project earlier this year on board the 13,808-TEU Ever Lot has indicated the significant potential of CCS technology is reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Partners in the project were…

Netherlands-based Spliethoff has ordered eight, option two, 26,800dwt multi-purpose vessels at Wuhu Shipyard Co Ltd in China. The L-type vessels, suitable for bulk consignments, project cargoes, and containers, will be built to Finnish/Swedish Ice…

Singapore-based Strategic Marine has won a deal to build a new high-speed crew transfer vessel designed by Aircat for Malaysia’s fast crew boat operator, Centus Marine Sdn Bhd. The new personnel transfer vessel, based on the proven AIRCAT 35 Crewliner platform, will be designed to achieve exceptional speeds exceeding 50 knots while ensuring the safety and comfort of passengers during transit.

Damen Shipyards has embarked on a project to build three shallow-draught multipurpose support vessels at Albwardy Damen shipyard in Sharjah, UAE. The shipbuilder, which has a strategy of building for stock, does not get have clients for the vessels. But this approach enables standard vessels to be adapted to meet customers’ needs during construction relatively quickly and has proved successful many times before.