Shipyard News

Houlder has recruited a new business development director for its design and consultancy services with the aim of growing the company’s capacity for ship design.

C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the design for a wind-assisted general cargo vessel to Dutch shipping company Switijnk Shipping. The 8,500 DWT vessel will be equipped with two Norsepower Rotor Sails that…

Royal IHC has hit some early milestones in the design and build process of a new integrated reel lay vessel for Subsea 7 which aims to address market trends towards longer tie-back…

Acta Marine, which has an offshore walk to work vessel under construction at Ulstein Verft, has now ordered a second one. This SX195 design is a DP2 Walk to Work Construction Support…

The major £3m refurbishment of Red Funnel’s ro-pax ferry Red Eagle is now well underway in Southampton UK. The contract was awarded to Southampton Marine Services (SMS) with interior fitout by Trimline…

Dalyan on the south coast of Turkey is one of the last remaining breeding ground for the fresh water Nile turtle. It is a bay of approximately 100 sq km with many…

C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the concept design of a series of five sustainable car and passenger ferries to the City of Amsterdam. In order to maintain efficiency of service and a…

Atlantic Port of Bordeaux, the EIG Dragages Ports and the Socarenam shipyard have just signed a contract for the construction of the water injection dredger running on LNG. This innovative and eco-efficient…

An exciting new design of crew boat destined for operation in West Africa is the first to be built using advanced air lift to enhance performance.

To meet the anticipated demands for access to wind farm installations in more adverse conditions Ad Hoc Marine Designs has developed designs for a SWATH service vessel that is claimed to offer…

Stone Marine Services has been appointed as sole sales and service agent for the UK, Ireland, Namibia and South Africa for a Turkish desk machinery designer and manufacturer.

Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Canada-based Group Ocean for the delivery of two Modular Multi Cats 1205 to allow the operator extra flexibility in its work.

The first of two Swedish-built pilot boats of a new type has gone into service for local shipping authorities in the difficult and busy Elbe Estuary region of north Germany.

Scheduled for piggy-back transport to Europe in February after trials in the Philippines is Germany’s new Australian-built, high-speed catamaran ferry for Heligoland service.

Germany’s EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has ordered a new catamaran CTV for service from April in the North Sea during the operational phase of a new offshore wind farm.

Electrical system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems is building on its presence in the offshore wind market by equipping out Windcat crew transfer vessels.

Washington, USA-based boat builder Armstrong Marine’s most recent launch, the 40ft (12m) catamaran ‘Mirai’, recently ran its first passenger tour in Oahu, Hawaii.

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has delivered two battery powered ferries to Fjord1 in Norway just a week apart from each other.