Shipyard News

The SMS Group has signed its first installation/distribution deal since moving into its new premises in ABP’s Port of Southampton, UK.

Holland Shipyards Group has signed a contract to build three additional hybrid vessels for Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel (SFK).

New work to overhaul main propulsion diesel engines on three Irish Mainport Holdings vessels has been completed.

French shipyard Piriou has just officially signed with the French Pays de la Loire Region for the order of a ro-ro passenger ship dedicated to serve the Île dYeu off Western France.

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit have been selected by GE Renewable Energy Offshore Wind to provide two Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm.

Blyth Catamarans has delivered a new 15m survey vessel with Furuno full-specified radar and GPS technologies to a university in Germany.

The conversion to LNG DF drive of a second North Sea ferry for German operator AG Ems was being completed in the Netherlands as the New Year got underway, writes Tom Todd.

Electric catamarans are currently being ordered for service on Germany’s biggest lake but alternative synthetic fuel systems are also being looked at for the future, reports Tom Todd.

Germany’s 38 year old research icebreaker Polarstern, which has just spent a year locked in the Arctic ice, suffered much less damage than had been expected, writes Tom Todd.

The first of three 30m identical hybrid ferry newbuilds for commuters on Germany’s busy Kiel Canal is going into service soon, reports Tom Todd.

A design contract has been awarded for the first US-flagged Jones Act compliant subsea rock installation vessel, to serve the US offshore wind industry.

Wight Shipyard Co has showcased its maintenance and repair capabilities during a refit for one of the Isle of Wight’s leading ferry operators.

Earlier this year, Hvide Sande Shipyard in Denmark won a public tender for the design and construction of a new 64m Offshore Patrol Vessel.

BMT has announced that its latest passenger ferry design, for Aran Island Ferries, successfully completed sea trials and has now been delivered.

A compact electric propulsion system is the star feature of a new 23m long aluminium ferry from Baltic Workboats.

A shipyard on the tiny island community of the Faroes has stunned the commercial marine world by turning out a cutting-edge research vessel.

An offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator has ordered two further Chartwell Marine 24 catamarans that will be the first equipped with a new foil optimisation and stability system (FOSS) designed by…

The SMS Group is capitalising on cruise business following a recent move that has made it the only ship repairer based within the Port of Southampton.