Shipyard News

UK ship repairer and marine engineering services provider Burgess Marine has recently completed a successful winter refit season in Cherbourg. Despite Brexit, Burgess says that business has boomed as the company has…

Europe’s inland shipping industry has the prospect of reaping significant fuel-savings with the introduction of Damen’s solely LNG-powered ‘Ecoliner’.

US-headquartered Lamor says its clever Seahunter modular workboat system has gained international popularity, and is used in many European countries for many commercial purposes. It is manufactured in Norway, Spain and Finland.

Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine has launched the prototype of its latest new design: XSV 17 ‘Thunder Child’.

Southampton Marine Services has launched its latest vessel, a 23m aquaculture service vessel, at its Ocean Quay shipyard in Southampton UK.

Dutch boat builder Tinn-Silver has developed a new larger design of small workboat called the Guardian.

France’s Alumarine Shipyard has begun the construction of a new aluminium 15-metre pilot boat from its 12 to 18 metre AMS range, developed with the architect Geronimo Naval Design.

Finnish manufacturing equipment specialist Pemamek has signed an agreement to deliver a thin plate panel line to Vard Shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. The new delivered solution will ensure a high-quality production of…

Northern Ireland-based RIB builder Redbay Boats is celebrating its 40th anniversary in style with expanded building facilities and new models. The company, led by Tom McLaughlin started off in a small rented…

The first of three big ocean-going police patrol ships is now under build after years of lobbying by the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and their supporters to get Government approval and funding…

A new multi-purpose coastal protection workboat being built for delivery to north German authorities this year will double up as a pollution control vessel.

Norsepower Oy Ltd., the Finnish provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipping company Viking Line to install its Rotor Sail Solution onboard…

Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein Verft AS has signed a contract for the building of a DP2 Construction Support Vessel (CSV) for the Netherlands based Acta Marine B.V.

Tasmanian boatbuilder Incat Crowther has recently announced the launch of ‘Cockle Bay’ and ‘Blackwattle Bay’, a pair of 12m ferries for Sydney’s Bays Precinct area that fill a role somewhere between that…

Scotland’s Macduff Shipyards Limited has recently signed over its latest new build, ‘Lily Mae’, to Scottish Sea Farms Limited, Shetland Division.

France-headquartered international classification society Bureau Veritas has congratulated owners Seaspan as their new emission reducing ferry enters service between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island, Canada.

The Italian shipyard Baglietto has a long history of building high performance craft to military requirements. Their latest offering in this sector is the FFC15 which is designed primarily as a troop…

Piriou Naval Services, the French branch of the Piriou group for Repair and Services, has won the European bid Ifremer launched in June 2016 for the modernisation of its oceanographic research vessel…

US metal coating manufacturer Cortec says its VpCI-368 coating has just become more powerful with the addition of extra Vapour phase Corrosion Inhibitors.