Shipyard News

The first of class workboat Erica, built by Newhaven UK based Newbury Engineering Boatbuilders Ltd to its own account, will make its debut on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2011.

Power Catamarans Ltd of Cornwall UK has launched its latest catamaran for Titan Environmental Services of South Wales.

Abeking & Rasmussen’s latest, the Latvian offshore patrol boat Skrunda, is the twelfth SWATH vessel built by the German yard since 1999, but the first of its type completed there for naval…

Fastnet Tern is the latest in a long line of specialist commercial catamarans supplied by Blyth Workcats Ltd.

Two Macduff Ship Design tug/workboats have entered service recently, further increasing the extensive range of vessels now offered by the company.

The Scottish Government has pledged funds towards the estimated £1.5m upgrade of MV Shapinsay, the ferry serving the Orkney islands route from Kirkwall to Shapinsay.

A five year maintenance contract with the Isle of Wight ferry operator Wightlink has added its weight to the growing prospects of a Portsmouth UK based ship repairer.

Two of the most powerful tanker handling and escort tugs in Europe, with Voith Schneider propulsion systems, have arrived in the Shetland Islands.

The new Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Nordic entered service for the first time on 1 January, representing a major step forward in Germany’s ability to protect its North Sea coastline in the…

Lindenau Schiffswerft at Kiel is handing back the 55.2m Alkor, the second IFM Geomar research ship to undergo overhaul, classification and maintenance at the yard recently.