Oslo-based MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has signed up for two 1,600-TEU container ships at Fujian Mawei Shipyards in China. The contract, worth USD 66 million, includes options for more vessels if market conditions remain favourable.

The two ships…

President Trump’s strategy to rebuild US polar capacity and secure a long-term presence in the Arctic has resulted in a six-ship icebreaker deal at Louisiana-headquartered Bollinger Shipyards. The US shipbuilder, with 13 yards on the US Gulf coast,…

Goltens Worldwide and IPCO Power have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to help shipowners improve fuel efficiency and sustainability through a fully integrated service offering.

The partnership combines IPCO Power’s fuel homogenisation…

Four 35m-tall rotor sails from London-based wind propulsion specialist, Anemoi Marine Technologies Ltd, have been installed on the 325,000dwt ore carrier, Grand Pioneer. The vessel, owned by Taiwan’s U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, is on…

Steel-cutting at Remontowa’s Gdańsk shipyard has started the construction of seven new loch-class electric ferries for Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) to be deployed on small island services in Scotland.

The steel-cutting event marks the…

Switzerland-based heavy-lift marine engineering company, Allseas, has engaged Vuyk Engineering of Rotterdam for the design of its new semisubmersible heavy transport vessel, Grand Tour. The ship will enable the transfer of heavy plant to the…