Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding

ABB lands Azipod cruise contract

ABB has won a deal to provide Azipod® propulsion units for four cruise ships built by Fincantieri. The company will provide eight 7.7-MW Azipods for the medium-sized cruise vessels, due for delivery between 2024 and 2027. Azipod technology has a…

29.03.2023
Shipbuilding

WinGD supplies methanol engines for container ships

WinGD is to supply 10X92DF-M methanol-fuelled engines for four 16,000-TEU container ships ordered by Cosco Shipping Lines at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd. On delivery from 2025, the vessels will be the first in China to have…

28.03.2023
Shipbuilding

Damen develops new shrimp trawler design

Damen has revealed details of its newly configured Shrimp Trawler 2607. Incorporating various upgrades from the company's existing design, the new trawler has been developed for low fuel consumption.  Eric Moerkerk, managing director of Damen…

27.03.2023
Shipbuilding

Neptun Werft wins river cruise ship contract

Rostock’s Neptun Werft, a Meyer Werft subsidiary, has won an order from long-time customer, Viking River Cruises, for another ship in the Viking Longship series. The hybrid vessel, like its four sister ships delivered in 2020, will have a hybrid…

06.02.2023
Shipbuilding

Fundamental propulsion upgrade for Silja Europa

Estonian ferry company, Tallink Grupp, has signed up Sweden’s Qtagg, a marine green tech company, to undertake a comprehensive propulsion upgrade of the cruise ferry, Silja Europa. The project will ensure substantial fuel savings of about 6% and…

03.02.2023
Shipbuilding

First contract with offshore vessel operator HST Marine

British offshore vessel owner HST Marine has awarded a contract to Singapore-based shipyard Strategic Marine to construct four hybrid-powered CTVs (crew transfer vessels). The order of the new customer includes two options for repeat vessels. The…

03.02.2023
Shipbuilding

Damen yard to build sustainable inland ships for Amer Shipping

Werkendam-based Concordia Damen is to build two low-draught 110m-long dry cargo vessels for Amer Shipping, an inland waterway transport company also based in the Netherlands. The CDS Dry Cargo 110 vessels have been designed with an optimised hull…

02.02.2023

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