Ship Repair
25.03.2024
Ship Repair

Former AIDAvista arrives in China for drydocking and major conversion into Chinese cruise ship Blue Dream Melody

After lying alongside in lay-up in the Estonian port of Tallinn for more than two years, the former AIDA Cruises-owned AIDAvista has arrived in China under the name of Avitak. The conversion project will be carried out at the Zhoushan Cosco Shipyard…

Ship Repair
25.03.2024
Ship Repair

Canada’s Seaspan Ferries upgrades two freight RoRos to reduce its carbon footprint

West Coast Canadian ferry operator Seaspan Ferries Corp (SFC) has recently upgraded two of its four double-ender RoRo gas/electric ferries, together with partners which include Wärtsilä, to significantly reduce its carbon footprint.

The vessels in…

Ship Repair
25.03.2024
Ship Repair

Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam completes major upgrades to Stena Line’s two Harwich-Hook RoPax ferries

Stena Line’s two large RoPax ferries that maintain the service between Harwich, United Kingdom, and the Hook of Holland, The Netherlands, Stena Britannica and Stena Hollandica, are now back in service following their drydocking and major upgrade…

Ship Repair
22.03.2024
Ship Repair

Former Unity Line train ferry undergoing conversion in Greece into a conventional freight ferry

The 14,417gt 1988-built Jan Sniadecki train ferry, previously owned by Poland’s Unity Line, is currently undergoing conversion into a conventional freight ferry in the Perama Repair Zone in Greece, close to the port of Piraeus, for the vessel’s new…