Shipyard News

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.