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HEAVYLIFT: Restructuring for Beluga

The blue-hulled ships of Germany’s heavylift specialist Beluga Shipping are continuing in employment, but the company is undergoing a substantial financial restructuring after its...

Stena Line welcomes Irish clearance

The Irish Competition Authority’s decision to clear Stena Line's proposed acquisition of DFDS passenger and freight services and routes between Belfast/ ...

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...

ENVIRONMENT: Wärtsilä scrubber

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Containerships Ltd Oy covering the retrofitting of a Wärtsilä fresh water scrubber system on the 2002-built Containerships VII,...

TANKERS: Parcel tankers on the up

It is widely thought within the industry that chemical carriers and specialised tanker operators are now obtaining better freight rates. Norwegian chemical carrier and...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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