Shipyard News

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.