On 17 September 2020 Holland America’s cruise ship Amsterdam entered Rosyth through the gate to Babcock Rosyth’s basin having sailed under the Forth Bridges at low tide, due to the air draft, earlier in the day. She joins her Holland…
On 14 August 2020 the naming ceremony was held at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem for Peter Wessels. The new Damen ASD Tug 2810 was handed over to Neue Schleppdampfschiffsreederei Louis Meyer GmbH & Co KG (Louis Meyer), which is based in Hamburg.…
On 8 September 2020 DP World’s Jebel Ali Port welcomed HMM Gdansk, one of the world’s largest container vessels, which was on the return leg of her maiden international voyage between the Far East and Europe. Jebel Ali is the…
The first of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ two new ships, Borealis, arrived in Rosyth, Scotland on 4 September 2020, joining the rest of the fleet. The ship arrived at Babcock’s Rosyth Facilities after sailing beneath the iconic Forth and Queensferry…
The coastal cruise ships, Havila Castor and Havila Capella, were launched at the Tersan shipyard in Turkey on 5 September 2020. Arild Myrvoll, CEO of Havila Kystruten, was present as the ships’ keels came into contact with salt water for…
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has commended Kanagawa Dockyard Co Ltd, Kobe, Japan on the successful delivery of tug, Dolphin NO. 29 on 19 August 2020. This is the fourth, in a series of 13 tugs, built for Adani…
Manor Marine announced in late August 2020 that their latest vessel build for the offshore wind sector, Manor Endurance for Manor Renewable Energy (MRE), has been completed. Established 30 years ago, Manor Marine is a British shipbuilding and marine engineering…
Damen Shiprepair Harlingen (DSHl) has recently completed a repair project to Rederij Doeksen’s passenger/car ferry Vlieland. The vessel operates a ferry service across the Wadden Sea between Harlingen in the north of the Netherlands and the island of Vlieland. Vlieland…
The IMO continues to support international efforts to respond to the oil spill in Mauritius, following the break up of the MV Wakashio. IMO and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) have jointly deployed an…
West cost ferry operator CalMac is making some significant fleet improvements during this year’s dry docking maintenance programme. Every year each of the company’s 34 vessels, ranging from the 8600 tonne Loch Seaforth, to the 11 tonne Carvoria, all have…