The problems of running a lifeline ferry service with an ageing fleet and a punishing year-round service schedule are only too evident at Scotland’s largest ferry company, Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac). CalMac’s 31-year old RoPax ferry Caledonian…

Canadian Great Lakes ship repairer Ontario Shipyards (formerly known as Heddle Shipyards) is closing its Thunder Bay yard temporarily due to lack of repair work, a shortage of skilled workers and the non-arrival of some newbuilding sub-contract work…

UK defence contractor Babcock has been awarded the contract to manage the Royal Navy’s (RN) Duke-class Type 23 frigates Refit Support Group (RSG), allowing the company to take end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration in…

Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is to retrofit its 75,000dwt LR1 product tanker Nexus Victoria with the Filtree System, an onboard CO2 capture system with SOx scrubber, manufactured by Holland’s Value Maritime BV, a Dutch emission-reducing technology…