Shipyard News

What has been billed as Germany’s first amphibian vehicle service to offer combined tours on land and water has gone into service in the city and port of Hamburg for HafenCity RiverBus.

Tim Rees of Canada-headquartered suspension seating company, SHOXS, brings us up-to-date in the long-running saga of the implementation of the European Unions Directive 2002/44/EC.

Netherlands-headquartered system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems has won a significant order for the refit of the key electrical systems on board ‘RV Belgica’, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.

The UK’s South Boats IOW Ltd. has announced that its latest Severn Class Lifeboat refit has been completed, trialled and successfully accepted back into service for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

Belgium-headquartered Scaldis and its shareholders have announced that its new DP II heavy lift vessel will sail under the name ‘Gulliver’.

German ship builder and repairer Reederei NSB has been presented with an award for the best innovation made in the maritime industry in the past year at the European Marine Engineering Conference…

North German authorities have taken a new, multi-talented maintenance boat into service to guarantee regular ferry access in the tidal flats between the mainland and the East Frisian Islands.

What is believed to be the first LNG driven hopper barge to serve in a European port is joining the fleet of Weser port management company Bremenports after completion in Holland.