Shipyard News

“It’s completely different to anything already out there, it’s not a prop boat, it’s not a jet boat – and, given what we need, it drives better than either,” said Antony Robson,…

UK-based Marine Software Ltd has recently delivered its MPMWin - Marine Planned Maintenance system to the Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) for their new flagship sail training vessel ‘TS Royalist’.

UK–headquartered professional and rescue boat manufacturer Vanguard Marine has recently commissioned one of its TX-540 Deep V RIBs for the Spanish Customs Service in Palma De Mallorca. The 5.4 metre RIB will…

A German company has developed a new approach to building workboats. Instead of doing the whole of the construction in a boat yard, Ophart Maritim builds a range of hulls in aluminium…

Two fast and manoeuverable Finnish-built auxiliary patrol boats have joined the fleet operated by Hamburg’s Wasserschutzpolizei to monitor movements in Germany’s biggest and busiest universal seaport.

South Boats IOW, a UK-based manufacturer of Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSV), has launched its first of class South Cat 22m named ‘Iceni Venture’ for Iceni Marine Services Ltd.

When a workboat builder from Finland decided to enter the leisure market with a new aluminium design they realised that the boat they had developed would also have potential in the workboat…

In many parts of Asia, Rubber Airbag Ship Launching is the most used method for launching a vessel. ‘Maritime Journal’ spoke to Kevin Ang from www.shiplaunching.org to find out more information on…

The first four Advanced Rotortugs of the ART80-32 class, incorporating the unique triple Azimuth drive concept, were delivered to their owners Elisabeth Ltd during the last two months of 2014 for use…

The identical multi-purpose Heincke and Alkor were among sophisticated research ships calling at German shipyards as the year turned for specialist engine work, overhaul or regular maintenance.