Shipyard News

The official sea trials have been held of the first CoCo Yachts designed and Afai Southern Shipyard built Urban Sprinter 2000 fast ferry, named ‘Pão de Açúcar’. This is the first vessel…

The 45m offshore patrol vessel ‘Atco Noura’, designed by Macduff Ship Design of the UK and built by Tor Marine of Turkey, has completed a rigorous trials schedule. This included reaching its…

North Germany’s waterways and shipping office (WSA) in Cuxhaven is taking delivery of a new Dutch-built Type 1640 hydrographic survey boat in November for service on the Lower Elbe.

Hamburg’s newest Type 2000 port excursion and ferry boat Reiherstieg, the 14th to enter service with Hadag, will probably be the last from small local yard SSB, which has built all but…

Denmark’s Tuco Marine Group has launched the newest vessel in its ProZero series of fast rescue boats, daughter crafts and workboats; the ProZero 11m Wind Farm Service Boat.

According to UK-based marine noise and vibration specialist, Halyard, commercial boats of all sizes can produce overbearing noise from their engines, generators and exhaust systems. This, Halyard says, can make for an…

Britain’s largest independent ship repairer Burgess Marine has partnered with Shoreham Port, to revitalise ship repair in the commercially thriving Sussex, UK Port. Shoreham offers one of the few remaining dry dock…

A pair of 30m catamaran passenger ferries named ‘Macôco’ and ‘Panguila’ have been delivered to Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola. The vessels were built by Astilleros Armon in Spain to the…

Suffolk Yacht Harbour claim that its new 75 Tonne Wise hoist at Levington, UK is the biggest between Bridlington and the Solent, and it could prove handy for commercial liftouts as well…

As featured in brief in October’s MJ, Safehaven Marine based in Ireland have just launched a new pilot boat destined for the Port of Setubal in Portugal. ‘Bai de Setubal’ is one…