Shipyard News

VESSELS

VESSELS

Bibby Marine has launched what it is calling a ‘first of a kind’ electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV). The vessel Staffordshire was launched at Armon Shipyard in Vigo, Spain and will have to undergo more outfitting such as battery…

12th October 2026

Bibby Marine launches battery-first eCSOV in Spain

12th October 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has pledged £6 billion for shipbuilding and a stronger focus on British industry. At the Labour Party’s conference this week, Chancellor John Healey said the government would commit £6 billion (€7 billion) of contracts for British shipyards,…

2nd October 2026

UK government pledges £6 bn boost for UK maritime

2nd October 2026

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

There’s no point in waiting around, the founder and chief executive of the rapidly growing group Balaena believes, insisting that in just five months’ time, a company that has already quadrupled its…

22nd September 2026

Midas touch? Balaena CEO on his company’s rapid growth

22nd September 2026

MARINE RENEWABLES

MARINE RENEWABLES

Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables (NSORe) and Siemens Energy have won a €2.5 billion contract to build and install an offshore converter platform in the German North Sea. The converter will be connected…

21st September 2026

€2.5 billion contract signed for offshore converter platform

21st September 2026

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has completed the installation of 11 new cranes at its Belfast shipyard in a £1.5m (€1.7 million) investment designed to support construction of three Fleet Solid Support…

18th September 2026

Harland & Wolff installs £1.5m crane package ahead of FSS shipbuilding

18th September 2026

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Rødne Trafikk has taken delivery of a new fully electric combi-catamaran, adding to Scandinavia’s growing fleet of battery-powered ferries.

9th September 2026

Scandinavia leads wave of electric ferries

9th September 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boskalis has put its new 31,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Seaway into commercial service, with the vessel undertaking its first project off Den Helder on a Dutch coastal-defence programme.

24th August 2026

Boskalis’ largest Dutch-built dredger enters commercial service

24th August 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) is to spend $35 million on modernising small shipyards, funding upgrades to facilities, new equipment and maritime workforce training.

17th August 2026

US government extends a hand to small shipyards

17th August 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine battery firm AYK Energy is supplying battery systems for two workboat projects including a new diesel-electric dredger and the conversion of a port patrol vessel to fully electric propulsion.

17th August 2026

Two workboats line up for battery power

17th August 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Vard has won its first-of-a-kind €220 million contract for two multi-function buoy and lighthouse maintenance vessels from British charity Trinity House.

22nd July 2026

Vard wins €220 million first-of-a-kind contract

22nd July 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

British shipyards stand to benefit from a £2.4 billion (€2.8 billion) UK-Netherlands defence agreement for a new generation of amphibious transport ships.

13th July 2026

UK/Dutch sign major amphibious vessel agreement

13th July 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Set to be the largest battery-electric ferries in Europe, three ferries are taking shape at Incat Tasmania’s shipyard in Australia.

3rd July 2026

WATCH: Rollback completed for largest battery ferries in Europe

3rd July 2026

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Dutch shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards has signed a framework agreement to support the development of a new €100 million shipyard in Kazakhstan, according to authorities in the country’s Mangystau region.

29th June 2026

Damen poised to build Kazakh shipyard

29th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS) has ordered an additional Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) crew transfer vessel (CTV) from Finnish shipbuilder Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy.

25th June 2026

SWATH CTV ordered in growing partnership

25th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables GmbH (NSORe) has been awarded a contract by 50Hertz Transmission GmbH to build a 2GW offshore converter platform for the North Sea Connector 2 project.

17th June 2026

Major HVDC contract for Neptun Smulders

17th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new European partnership aims to help shipowners across six segments modernise ageing vessels more quickly, safely and cost-effectively, as pressure grows to improve operational efficiency and prepare fleets for future regulatory…

16th June 2026

European partners target faster retrofits and fleet upgrades

16th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK tug and workboat operator Carmet Tug Company has ordered its first newbuild from Damen in a contract signed at Seawork this week.

12th June 2026

Carmet signs up first Damen Multi Cat newbuild at Seawork

12th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Acta Marine has taken delivery of 'Acta Gemini', a walk-to-work (W2W) DP2 construction service operation vessel (CSOV) built by Tersan Shipyard in Yalova, Turkey.

8th June 2026

Acta Marine takes delivery of ‘methanol-ready’ CSOV

8th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Fincantieri subsidiary Vard has won its largest single-vessel order in the company’s history in a contract worth nearly €700 million, and says it’s also the largest ever awarded to a Norwegian shipbuilder.

5th June 2026

Vard wins record-breaking vessel order

5th June 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Well-known Swedish boat builder Marell Boats has gone bankrupt, lawyers for the firm confirmed in a statement, adding to Maritime Journal that there had been a total loss of eight jobs.

3rd June 2026

Marell Boats Sweden declares bankruptcy

3rd June 2026