Shipyard News

The repair and maintenance of East Frisian island ferries for regular local customers has been high on the list of works keeping the small German shipyard Diedrich Schiffswerft busy into the spring.

River cruise operator, Viking Cruises, is taking full advantage of an annual deck maintenance programme offered by the Dutch company, Bolidt Synthetic Products & Systems.

Dutch company New Madera RIBs B.V. is a family business that started by taking over Madera Ribs B.V. from Veka Group in December 2014. The company has started by offering a 13.5m…

Well, almost. Australian-headquartered vessel designer Incat Crowther has announced a contract to design a 20m catamaran passenger ferry to ply the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland, taking tourists in search of…

The German Government has unveiled plans for two powerful new multi-purpose emergency response vessels of up to 85m for service in the North Sea from 2019.

The German Government is placing an order this year for three badly needed sea-going police patrol boats to replace obsolete vessels in Baltic Sea operation.

A pair of new 20 metre Police/Patrol/Combat Boat design was recently completed at Swedish boatbuilders Dockstavarvet. These first in class vessels have been configured as a search, rescue and service vessel for…

Designed by UK-based Macduff Ship Design and built by Boustead Langkawi Shipyard, the tug ‘Marsden Bay’ has now been delivered and has entered service for North Tugz at Northport in New Zealand.

Finish propulsion specialist Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Co Ltd to design a new type of deep water dive support vessel.

Following the recent contract signing for the first ever Damen Service Operations Vessel (SOV) with walk-to-work capability, the first steel was cut in February at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania.

Netherlands-headquartered global coatings company AkzoNobel and Marlins, a leading brand in Maritime English and technical e-learning solutions for the shipping, cruise and offshore industries, have collaborated on a global training solution to…

Dutch aluminium boat builder Tinn-Silver is working on a 40 boat order that was placed by the Reddingsbrigade, the Dutch Life-saving organisation that provides rescue and support to users of the extensive…

BMT Design & Technology Pty Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of UK-headquartered BMT Group Ltd, has recently completed a design project for the South Australian Government’s Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI).

Norwegian builder Paragon, which is part of the Nimbus Group, introduced a version of their 31 Cabin last year which was aimed at the commercial sector.

Ferretti Security and Defence, or FSD for short, is a new business division of the Italian Ferretti Group which plans to offer a series of patrol boats for surveillance and patrol duties.

German shipyard Pella Sietas in Hamburg-Neuenfelde has taken on the former British trawler and fishery research ship ‘Clupea’, which is being overhauled and refitted by March for service as a refugee rescue…

Specialist workboats, small passenger ferries, pollution control vessels and research ships are among callers filling docks at German yards in the opening months of the New Year.

In November and December last year Ecospeed, from Belgian company Hydrex, was applied on the hull of the multi-purpose research vessel ‘Imor’ in Gdansk, Poland.

‘Red Jet 6’, UK ferry company Red Funnel’s largest ever Hi-Speed passenger ferry is currently under construction at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The £6m aluminium catamaran is the first…

The Port of La Coruna on Spain’s exposed North Atlantic coast, has recently invested in its third Seaward-built Nelson 40 pilot boat, following earlier purchases of a Nelson 40 in 1996 and…