Shipyard News

A UK passenger ferry has been converted to begin a new life as party boat on the Thames River in London.

UK-based marine services company Stewart Marine has contracted Neptune Marine in The Netherlands to build a new EuroCarrier 2611, which is to be named ‘Viking Energy’.

Paint and coating supplier Jotun has partnered with e-learning provider Seagull Maritime to develop a set of e-learning modules on the theme of onboard paint maintenance, with emphasis on in-service treatments.

Netherlands shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has hosted the Damen group’s third annual Workboat Festival, bringing together over 200 customers, media and industry partners.

A new design of offshore wind farm daughter craft has been delivered by the iXblue shipyard in France reports Dag Pike.

UK funding agency Innovate UK has granted £430,332 of funding to design and integrate a hydrogen diesel dual fuel injection system onboard a commercial ferry for the first time.

UK-based SMS has identified opportunities nationally and invested in new technology, plant and equipment to boost its competivity.

Italian workboat builder Stem Marine has expanded its range upwards with the introduction of a new 12 metre design that is adaptable for many patrol and emergency roles.

Sealegs, the New Zealand- based manufacturer of amphibious boats has finally made the move over to electric propulsion for its land driving wheels.

Now being tested in the River Seine in Paris is the all-electric Sea Bubble, a 5 metre hydrofoil craft designed as the water taxi of the future, reports Dag Pike.

Northern Ireland based Redbay Boats has received another order to supply a passenger RIB for operation in Svalbard in the High Arctic reports Dag Pike.

Earlier in 2018 Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) launched its latest dispersion range – the Genable 3000 series.

Leading UK boat builder Goodchild Marine Services Limited has secured a contract with Dublin Port Company to construct a new 17m pilot boat.

Two island supply boats and a research ship were among the varied and regular mix of specialist workboats in for repair or maintenance this autumn at Germany’s Diedrich Werft, reports Tom Todd.

A remarkable ship, a 25 metre ferro-cement Chinese junk rigged vessel, is in the midst of a total rebuild from keel on up.

Canadian salmon farm company Cermaq Canada has contracted Netherlands workboat builder Neptune Marine to build a new salmon delousing barge.

Following a process instigated with an introduction at Seawork International 2017, UK shipyard SMS has won a contract to build a new 24m aquaculture vessel for a tuna farm operator in Malta.

‘Future of The Fjords’, a revolutionary all electric passenger vessel, has won the Ship of the Year 2018 award at SMM in front of a large, international audience.

The savings from the Hull Vane were designed into the latest patrol and inspection boat for the Port of Rotterdam “from the very beginning”.

Portugal’s Naval Rocha shipyard has experienced a surge in activity in the opening half of 2018 after delivering a series of drydock, wet basin and pier-side projects.