The February 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and contains the usual mix of news, reviews and features.
The ferry Viking Grace, which has already carried more than ten million passengers, celebrated ten years of service on 13 January 2023
The offshore support vessel Topaz Tangaroa has been purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence for conversion to a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship.
The new ferry Stena Ebba was in the spotlight during a well-attended naming ceremony on 11 January 2023 in Karlskrona.
The steel cutting ceremony of Ulstein Verft’s yard number 318 was carried out on 18 November 2022 at the Crist yard.
K-Line European Sea Highway Services (KESS) have sold two of their quartet of small car carriers, Main Highway and Neckar Highway.
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fueled LPG carrier Lantana Planet to compatriot shipowner Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Offshore Energy reports. The vessel is a dual-fuel LPG carrier using LPG and low-sulfur fuel oil,…
The Port of Hamburg is the third busiest port in Europe (after Rotterdam and Antwerp) and 15th largest in the world. For the shipspotter it is an excellent place to see a wide variety of ships. The Panama-flagged container ship…
Maersk Supply Service signed an assignment agreement with TechnipFMC for the comprehensive towing and mooring campaign for Petrobras’s Búzios 6 Project (seventh module of Búzios), Offshore Brazil. The scope covers the pre-installation of the mooring system and hook up of…
Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure partnered with Höegh LNG to supply its SafePilot Offshore solutions for a first-of-its-kind Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The terminal, officially commissioned during the week commencing 17…
Classification society Bureau Veritas has successfully reviewed a 3D design of a 2,500m³ hopper dredger from Damen Shipyards, being a step to granting it approval in principle. The pilot project for 3D model-based class approval is meant to pave the…
On 31 January 2023 Oceania Cruises announced the introduction of Allura, naming the second 1,200-guest Allura Class ship. Debuting in 2025, Allura is the eighth vessel for the line and will be the sister ship to Vista, which will enter…
The new ro-ro ship Tennor Ocean, newbuild under construction at German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), set off on a test voyage from Flensburg heading for Bremerhaven in late January 2023. The ferry was moved to Dock 3 at Lloyd Werft.…
A new investigation into the sinking of ferry Estonia that claimed 852 lives in 1994 revealed flaws in its bow visor construction missed during its certification. If the necessary examination had been carried out, the Estonia-registered ship would not be…
Damen Marine Components has received the order to design, engineer and produce eight rudders for the four F126 frigates that Damen Naval is building for the German Navy. Each vessel will be equipped with two rudders, developed to withstand extreme…
Resorts World Cruises, started in 2022 as a successor to Genting Hong Kong’s Dream Cruises, has announced that it will restart cruises from Hong Kong by obtaining a second cruise ship from its former company. They plan to start the…
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