Belgium’s Jan De Nul has launched the cable-layer William Thomson at CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. The vessel is the second in a pair of cable-layers and follows launch of the Fleeming Jenkin last October. The two cable-layers are said to be the…

Steel has now been cut for two large offshoe tugs at Albwardy Damen Shipyard in the UAE. Construction will combine the shipyard’s expertise with that of marine engineering specialist, Alewijnse, a Netherlands-based electrical, automation, and systems…

EcoNavis Solutions, a Glasgow-based developer, says it is working on a next-generation wind-assisted propulsion system aimed at improving the performance and commercial viability of Flettner-type rotor sails for deep-sea shipping.

The company’s “Eco…

Hong Kong-based Wah Kwong Maritime Transport and Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) have celebrated the delivery of the Long Range 2 (LR2) tanker, Frontier Venture, the first in a series of new tankers with “augmented ship” features that integrate…