Inland navigation shipyard Concordia Damen (NL) will build a ‘Type CDS443’ container ship for ID Shipping and Merlin Group. The vessel measures 135m by 14.2m and is the first vessel of this type, which is an improved version of an…
Proman Stena Bulk, a joint venture between tanker company Stena Bulk and methanol producer Proman, formally named its third newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900dwt tanker, Stena Promise, in a ceremony in Rotterdam on 26 April. Stena Promise is the third of…
SHIPS MONTHLY May 2023 The May 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – P&O Pioneer makes Channel debut, two Royal Navy ships decommission,…
Danish shipping company Maersk has launched the world’s first green methanol-powered containership. The vessel, a 2,100 TEU capacity feeder ship, is the first of 19 carbon-neutral ships Maersk has on order that will be powered by green methanol fuel. The…
Dalian COSCO KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) has launched the newest 24,188 TEU mega containership for Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). The launching ceremony took place at the company’s yard on 8 April 2023, and the…
On 29 March 2023 the naming ceremony of the new Wan Hai Lines container ship Wan Hai 331 was held at CSBC Corporation, Taiwan. Wan Hai 331 is the first vessel in the series of 3,000TEU containerships built by CSBC…
Faced with rising costs and what UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called an unsustainable situation, the UK’s Home Office is chartering an accommodation vessel to provide housing for migrants caught attempting to enter the country in small boats. The…
Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider Purus Wind have signed a contract for the build and delivery of eight new vessels. Four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid and three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs)…
Fincantieri’s Norwegian-headquartered Vard subsidiary has been contracted to build a 95m by 21.5m hybrid subsea cable laying vessel with a cable carousel capacity of 4,500 tonnes for Denmark’s NCT Offshore. Designed by Vard Design in close collaboration with NCT Offshore,…
At the Damen Dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, the Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 Krakatoa has been inspected by her owner before shipment. The client has accepted the stationary dredger, which will now be shipped to Indonesia, where it…
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