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  • OOCL’s new 24,188 TEU container vessel named OOCL Piraeus

    OOCL’s new 24,188 TEU container vessel named OOCL Piraeus

    8th June 2023

    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…

  • Medway Queen starboard paddle box rebuild

    Medway Queen starboard paddle box rebuild

    7th June 2023

    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…

  • USS Canberra set to be named in Australia

    USS Canberra set to be named in Australia

    6th June 2023

    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),…

  • Keel Laying of Pacific Island Supply Vessel in South Korea

    Keel Laying of Pacific Island Supply Vessel in South Korea

    5th June 2023

    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…

  • Damen unveils new compact ASD Tug 2111

    Damen unveils new compact ASD Tug 2111

    3rd June 2023

    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…

  • Color line cancels Denmark ferry after collision with breakwater

    Color line cancels Denmark ferry after collision with breakwater

    2nd June 2023

    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…

  • Barque Europa topples over in Cape Town

    Barque Europa topples over in Cape Town

    2nd June 2023

    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…

  • Latest MSC container giant makes her European debut

    Latest MSC container giant makes her European debut

    1st June 2023

    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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