The start of any New Year is always a busy one for those ship repair yards that have a good reputation in the cruise vessel repair and refit market as owners and operators prepare vessels for the coming cruise seasons. 2024 is no exception with…

Florida-based US shipbuilder and repairer Eastern Shipbuilding Group is soon to start the USD 100 million conversion of the 4,466dwt 2013-built PSV HOS Rosebud into the dual-service floatel and service operation (SOV) vessel HOS Rocinante, for US…

Norway’s specialist fast ferry shipyard Brødrene Aa is currently in the middle of a major fast ferry conversion project to lengthen and convert two fast ferries that operate on Oslofjord to electric propulsion.

The ferries, Baronessen and Baronen,…

The second quarter of 2024 will see China’s Chengxi Shipyard, part of China State Shipbuilding Corp, fit the world’s large ore carrier, the 400,315dwt 2012-built Sohar Max with a rotor sail auxiliary propulsion system design and developed by…