Shipyard News

Four old ferries and excursion boats operating between the North German mainland and offshore islands have been given new leases of life at small local shipyards, to meet new safety rules or…

The compact workboat/tug Eddie C graced the pages of MJ back in 2004 when it escorted the heavy lift, multi-purpose barge Terra Marique on its voyage up London’s River Thames to Isleworth,…

Germany’s first dual-fuel LNG car/passenger ferry Ostfriesland will now not enter service until November, six months later than planned, because its owners want more time for detailed work on the project.

A research team from DNV-GL has developed a system for converting redundant tankers into waste water recovery vessels.

Birkenhead UK based shipyard and engineering service provider Cammell Laird has begun a £47m refit of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria.

Blyth Tall Ship (BTS) has received initial support from the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an innovative exploration of Blyth’s ship building and Antarctic heritage from the 1800s.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s latest class of lifeboat is preparing to enter service with arrival of the first £2m Shannon class station lifeboat RNLB The Morrell at Dungeness in Kent UK.

Svitzer, a major provider of towage and marine services, took delivery of the latest addition to its UK fleet on 6 February.

Small German shipyard Meidericher Schiffswerft has marked 115 years of operation by completing a series of very different specialist repair, improvement and conversion jobs.