Greek ferry operator Seajets has drydocked its recently acquired cruise vessel Mykonos Magic at the Turkish repair yard of IÇDAS in Canakkale for unspecified upgrading work. The 102,784gt 2004-built vessel is the former Costa Magica and drydocked in…

The east coast UK repairer UK Docks Marine Service’s Teesside yard has completed the drydocking and refit of the locally-owned 1,967gt 1986-built research vessel Ocean Endeavour on April 4th, following the 77.1m vessel’s return to the UK from a…

Singapore ship repair and conversion giant Seatrium has announced that it has secured new repair and conversion contracts valued at USD 260 million (SGD 350 million). The new contracts are for work on a variety of ship types, including FSRUs, FPSs,…

During the past twelve months, Denmark’s H2 Energy and ferry giant DFDS have worked on a project together to look at the feasibility of retrofitting large ferries with a hydrogen propulsion system. Now, the project has been finished contributing…

The world’s largest owner of container ships, Canada’s Seaspan Corp, and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd are to convert five 10,000-TEU container ships from conventional fuel main engines to dual-fuel methanol-powered vessels in a project costing USD 120…

Saudi Arabia’s planned Ras Al-Khair Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is to feature a major ship and offshore repair facility, as well as a shipbuilding yard. The new repair yard will be aimed at repairing VLCCs, offshore jack-up rigs and offshore support…

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has successfully completed the installation of a hybrid battery power system on the 3,821dwt 2019-built Seacor Yangtze, owned by US-based Seacor Marine. This is the first of five PSVs to be converted for this operator –…