The first of two Class 209PN submarines for the Portuguese Navy, “N.R.P. Tridente”, was recently delivered by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, in Kiel.

The Technical Committee of Registro Italiano Navale, the body which has responsibility for the rules of leading classification society RINA, has outlined new additional class notations for environmentally friendly yachts and for commercial ships using low-sulphur fuel.

Guadeloupe-based ferry operator L’Express des Iles has selected Austal to design and construct two 47 metre high speed catamaran ferries. The order consists of one vehicle-passenger ferry and one passenger ferry, and is the company’s third contract with Austal since 1997. The new vessels will be built at Austal’s Western Australian facility and are scheduled for delivery in mid-2011.