Marine research company, Inkfish, has placed an order at Vard for a deep-sea research vessel worth close to EUR 700 million. It is the largest order ever won by the Fincantieri subsidiary and the largest-ever newbuilding contract in Norway.

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Netherlands-based Jumbo Maritime has released details of its L-Class heavy-lift transport vessels (HLTV), designed in partnership with Rotterdam ship design firm, Vuyk Engineering. The two vessels, to be built at Dajin Heavy Industry in China, are…

Kotug International has announced the launch of two large dual-fuel methanol escort tugs. The two 44m-long vessels, built at Sanmar Shipyards in Turkey, will be deployed in British Columbia, Canada, servicing tankers at Burnaby, the Pacific coast…

RINA has awarded UK-based Drift Energy with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an energy-harvesting ship design which, it is claimed, will be the world’s first net-positive vessel. It is the first AiP to be awarded for a vessel that uses…