Shipyard News

Danish composite vessel specialist builder, Tuco, has introduced a new 14.99m catamaran workboat for the fish farm market.

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide the waterjets for a new high speed ferry being built by the Incat Tasmania yard in Australia for Malta based Virtu Ferries.

Gibdock has got off to a sound start in 2017, with encouraging signs of underlying recovery in several markets, including a steady stream of regional ferries in for drydocking.

Vessel operators may have thought the use of organotins in marine hull coatings was completely outlawed in 2008 with the ban on tributyltin (TBT), but they can still be used as a…

Seacat Services’ innovative 27.4m catamaran, ‘Enterprise’, has self-sufficiency at its core. It’s a characteristic that promises to make it relevant for emerging wind maintenance operations.

Scottish-based workboat owner Gareloch Support Services Ltd (GSS Marine Services) has taken delivery of what can be described as a significant new addition to its fleet in the Eurotug ‘Ella F’.

ABB’s marine and ports business will partner with Presserv to offer maintenance packages for vessels that serve the oil and gas industry that are laid-up for prolonged periods. The two companies will…

STX France SA, French maritime construction and fleet service company, has invested in new PEMA laser-hybrid technology to increase its capacity for larger cruisers and highly complex ships and also offshore installations.

UK-based Cathelco is supplying marine growth prevention systems for the ‘RSS Sir David Attenborough’, a state-of-the-art polar research vessel commissioned by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) which is being built by Cammell…

Estuary Services Limited (ESL), a joint venture between the UK’s Port of London Authority (PLA) and Peel Ports London Medway, is continuing its fleet replacement plan and buying another new Goodchild Marine…