Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) hosted the naming ceremony of a brand-new 24,188TEU vessel container at the Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co Ltd. (DACKS) shipyard on 30 May 2023. The containership was named as OOCL Piraeus, and becomes…
When PS Medway Queen went to Ramsgate in 2021 for hull maintenance, one of the paddle-box facias was in poor condition, and on 10 May 2023 after exhaustive planning and risk assessment, to take account of handling a heavy component…
In July 2023 The United States Navy will be commissioning a vessel, USS Canberra, in an allied country for the first time. The ship is an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, and once commissioned will serve as USS Canberra (LCS 30),…
The Pacific Island Supply Vessel built at Asia Shipbuilding Co, Ltd., will provide a unique trading, research and training platform for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in early 2024. On 26 May 2023 the keel-laying ceremony for hull…
Havila Voyages has launched its first ever sustainability and human rights report. The report highlights the company’s goals of carbon neutrality by 2028 and for an emission-free coastal route by 2030 – all achievable with the current fleet. Havila Voyages…
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled the latest vessel in its Compact Tugs product platform. The ASD Tug 2111 joins the ASD Tug 2312 in the range, combining proven technology with innovation to advance safety, sustainability, reliability, and efficiency. Siebe Cieraad, Damen Product Portfolio manager explains…
A former RNLI lifeboat destined for the scrap heap has been thrown a lifeline by a Stirlingshire farmer. Martyn Steedman, who made the headlines with his family’s conversion of a retired Royal Navy Sea King Helicopter in 2016, offered the…
Color Line’s 34,200gt ferry SuperSpeed 2 ferry collided with a breakwater as she docked in Hirtshals on 27 May 2023. Color Line were forced to cancelled services between Larvik and Hirtshals in Denmark following the collision. SuperSpeed 2 had to…
On 20 May 2023, after an overhaul on the syncrolift in the maintenance facility in the Port of Cape Town, the 112-year-old barque Europa ‘lost her balance’ as she was being pushed back into the water. The incident bears some…
The 2023-built and 24,346TEU capacity container ship MSC Loreto made her maiden call at Rotterdam Maasvlakte and Antwerp during her maiden voyage. In nominal container capacity, she is currently the biggest container ship in service, together with her sister ship…
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