Shipyard News

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.

A new vessel, built by MTG Dolphin for the highly trafficked Danube river was delivered in mid-August to the shipowner - the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube river.

After an absence of almost 60 years, the reinstatement of the ferry service between Llansteffan and Ferryside on the Tywi estuary in West Wales has taken a step forward this week with…

Portland, after suffering a profound fall from grace when the Royal Navy packed its kitbags and moved on, is once again putting itself on the map. Moreover, that map includes Polish designers,…

Safehaven Marine has launched an Interceptor 48 pilot vessel for the Malta Maritime Pilots, the 35th vessel of its type to enter into service and a sign of how well the company…

A&P Falmouth has welcomed in its fourth and final Tide-class tanker for customisation, fit-out and capability assessment trials.

Of the 16 large cruise ships set to be completed this year, Lindab is main supplier of ventilation solutions on six.

Hukkelberg Boats, the trademark name for the range of boats built by Brødrene Hukkelberg in Norway has now been expanded to include the Springer range of MOB boats built by Nils S.…

UK marine propulsion specialist company Teignbridge has recently launched ‘HRV1’, a unique catamaran for physical testing and rapid prototyping.

The Southampton, UK headquartered ship repairer and marine engineering services provider, SMS, has launched the classic superyacht ‘MY Alicia’ from its covered 60m dry dock in the heart of the City.

Icelandic crane rental company DS Lausnir provided lifting and rigging gear, including a frame made of Modulift beams, to lift a newbuild 45t boat into water.

Vessel owner Yara has signed a deal with Norwegian shipyard Vard worth appr NOK 250 million to build the world’s first autonomous electric container ship.

Meyer is boosting the outfitting design and construction of its cruise vessels by expanding the use of Cadmatic software at its shipyards in Finland and introducing it into Germany.

A Netherlands based naval architect is responding to continued growth by moving into larger premises and creating several new job positions.

As previously reported in brief in ‘MJ’, Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine recently delivered a Wildcat 60 catamaran ‘HMS Magpie’ to Atlas Elektronik UK for use by the Royal Navy.

The GRP Division of the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan has just signed a contract to build a new fast ferry that it claims will be the fastest GRP passenger catamaran built in…

Sea rescue services along Germany’s North Sea and Baltic coasts are to be bolstered writes Tom Todd.

Two very different workboats have begun operation with coastal and sea protection authorities in north Germany, reports Tom Todd.

Wärtsilä’s divers are helping operators to avoid unplanned dry-dockings by completing repairs such as propulsion overhaul, hull cleaning and propeller polishing underwater.