Shipyard News

Lindenau Werft in Kiel has completed six months of renovation and repairs on the 72 year old former German rescue boat Hindenburg.

Extensive cruise ship building work for four big German shipyards in the new Lloyd Werft Group has reversed dismal order prospects on the Baltic and breathed some new life into German shipbuilding…

To maintain effective frontier and waterway supervision and protection the Swiss Army is bringing in patrol boats from Marine Alutech in Finland to replace older boats scheduled to leave service.

A third crew transfer and supply catamaran has joined the fleet of wind farm service company Frisia Offshore, expanding the north German firm’s fleet capability and engagement in the North Sea wind…

What has been billed as Germany’s first amphibian vehicle service to offer combined tours on land and water has gone into service in the city and port of Hamburg for HafenCity RiverBus.

Tim Rees of Canada-headquartered suspension seating company, SHOXS, brings us up-to-date in the long-running saga of the implementation of the European Unions Directive 2002/44/EC.

Netherlands-headquartered system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems has won a significant order for the refit of the key electrical systems on board ‘RV Belgica’, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.

The UK’s South Boats IOW Ltd. has announced that its latest Severn Class Lifeboat refit has been completed, trialled and successfully accepted back into service for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

Belgium-headquartered Scaldis and its shareholders have announced that its new DP II heavy lift vessel will sail under the name ‘Gulliver’.

German ship builder and repairer Reederei NSB has been presented with an award for the best innovation made in the maritime industry in the past year at the European Marine Engineering Conference…

North German authorities have taken a new, multi-talented maintenance boat into service to guarantee regular ferry access in the tidal flats between the mainland and the East Frisian Islands.

What is believed to be the first LNG driven hopper barge to serve in a European port is joining the fleet of Weser port management company Bremenports after completion in Holland.

Bord a Bord is a French builder of workboats that specialises in aluminium construction. Located on the North Brittany coast near Brest, Bord a Bord offers one of the widest ranges of…

GVB has contracted Holland Shipyards to build a state-of-the-art hybrid ferry for Amsterdam.

Netherlands boatbuilder OrangePit has delivered one of its StrongMultiworker 9.5 vessels built under BV classification (sheltered waters), for a European dredging firm.

Weser operator Bremenports has taken into service the €1.4 million eco-friendly sounding and survey boat Seeadler - the latest addition to a fleet of versatile workboats serving the River Weser and the…

One of Germany’s best-known veteran museum ships has undergone an extensive €1 million class renewal and overhaul in Bremerhaven and been given a clean new bill of health.