Shipyard News

Germany’s leading repair and conversion yards have demonstrated their versatility again with a flurry of big ship repair and refurbishment projects at a time when the future of the sector is far…

The 38.9m former excursion ship Adler Princess, rendered largely useless by extensive smoke damage in a fire in Hamburg last year, has now been completely renovated and given a new lease of…

Being built at home for Germany’s Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) is its biggest trailing suction hopper dredger to support future operations on the busy River Elbe.

Arklow Marine Services, Arklow, Ireland has recently delivered the new 27m ‘Spirit of Rathlin’ ferry which has been designed to replace the existing ‘Canna’ and is set to operate between Ballycastle and…

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) and Norwegian boatbuilder Maritime Partner have celebrated the delivery of the last of two all-round workboats ordered by the NCA last September.

The keel has been laid in north Germany for what officials say will be “a ship of superlatives” and the biggest specialist fire-fighting vessel in the history of the Port of Hamburg.

A second new port passenger launch with advanced eco-friendly features was entering service on Hamburg’s more than 40 square kilometer port network in June.

Scheduled to last more than a month mid-year in Bremerhaven, Germany, was what is being billed as the world’s first conversion of a container ship to LNG dual fuel propulsion.

A US-based boat builder has launched a stock boats programme in a bid to reduce lead times.

Norwegian boatbuilder Maritime Partner has signed a contract with Geiranger Fjordservice (GFS) to deliver an Alusafe Cat 24 developed for sightseeing in the Geiranger fjord.

A new generation fast ferry has left Incat Tasmania’s yard in Tasmania on her delivery voyage to Denmark via the Panama Canal.

The Dutch hybrid CNG-Electric passenger ferry ‘Texelstroom’ has won the 2017 Shippax Award. The vessel marks the successful collaboration between owners TESO (Koninklijke N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming), C-Job Naval Architects and…

Two newbuildings designed mainly for ice-breaking but also capable of a range of other jobs have gone into service with the Port of Hamburg Authority (HPA) completing a €15.4 million four-ship renewal…

For the second time in less than six months the German Government has ordered a new state-of-the-art research vessel - only this time, unusually, the order has gone to a foreign shipyard.

Danish composite vessel specialist builder, Tuco, has introduced a new 14.99m catamaran workboat for the fish farm market.

The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide the waterjets for a new high speed ferry being built by the Incat Tasmania yard in Australia for Malta based Virtu Ferries.

Gibdock has got off to a sound start in 2017, with encouraging signs of underlying recovery in several markets, including a steady stream of regional ferries in for drydocking.

Vessel operators may have thought the use of organotins in marine hull coatings was completely outlawed in 2008 with the ban on tributyltin (TBT), but they can still be used as a…

Seacat Services’ innovative 27.4m catamaran, ‘Enterprise’, has self-sufficiency at its core. It’s a characteristic that promises to make it relevant for emerging wind maintenance operations.

Scottish-based workboat owner Gareloch Support Services Ltd (GSS Marine Services) has taken delivery of what can be described as a significant new addition to its fleet in the Eurotug ‘Ella F’.