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OFFSHORE SUPPORT: Solstad gains new contracts

Norwegian-based offshore operator, Solstad Offshore, has signed several new contracts and contract extensions for their fleet of oil rig service vessels. Global Industries has...

COASTERS: Worrying time for upriver UK ports

Over recent years the size of vessels operating between the UK and the near continent has increased. This, together with the fact that many...

CARGO HANDLING: Offloading the old way

Before containerisation, vessels were equipped with cargo-handling cranes to load and discharge their cargoes. As dock cranes or mobile cranes became more widespread, so...

SERVICE SHIP: Wind farm ‘mother ship’

The booming offshore wind energy sector is continuing to generate new construction as well as new servicing vessel designs. One of the latest is...

CATTLE CARRIER: From cars to cattle

Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard has completed conversion of the former car/container ship Merlion Ace into the livestock carrier Ghena for Merlion Ace Compania Naviera SA,...

SHORT SEA FEEDERS: Samskip switch vessels

Some time ago the Geest North Sea Service was incorporated into services run by Samskip. One vessel that traded on the route was Geest...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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