Shipyard News

Dutch boat builder No Limits Ships which builds a range of large wheelhouse RIBs that are used for survey and personal transport operations has introduced an automatic inflation system that keeps the…

Work is about to start on the first of a new class of vessel from Netherlands-headquartered shipbuilder Damen; the UV2410. This multi-role platform is the result of extensive consultation with customers active…

The biennial High Speed Boat Operation (HSBO) Forum took place recently in Göteborg, Sweden. ‘Maritime Journal’ sent Paul Lemmer, who as a first timer to the event was surprised by the number…

Norwegian tourist boat operator The Fjords DA, has released a progress update on the latest addition to its fleet – a vessel that it says ‘aims to be as breath taking as…

The last remaining turbine steamship to be built on the Clyde has returned to Scotland for restoration, eight decades after it was first launched.

A new type of catamaran passenger vessel is nearing completion at a Caribbean shipyard that is aimed at offering greater passenger comfort and better fuel economy that conventional catamarans.

Lindenau Werft in Kiel has completed six months of renovation and repairs on the 72 year old former German rescue boat Hindenburg.

Extensive cruise ship building work for four big German shipyards in the new Lloyd Werft Group has reversed dismal order prospects on the Baltic and breathed some new life into German shipbuilding…

To maintain effective frontier and waterway supervision and protection the Swiss Army is bringing in patrol boats from Marine Alutech in Finland to replace older boats scheduled to leave service.

A third crew transfer and supply catamaran has joined the fleet of wind farm service company Frisia Offshore, expanding the north German firm’s fleet capability and engagement in the North Sea wind…