Oceania Cruises’ newest ship sets sail in April 2023, and voyages open for sale on 15 September, 2021. The destination-focused cruise line unveiled the Inaugural Season of voyage itineraries for Vista, the line’s newest ship. The 18 Inaugural Season voyages…
HMS Albion arrived in London on 12 September 2021 where she was moored off Greenwich for a week for International Shipping Week 2021. The amphibious assault ship made the trip from Plymouth to host a number of events in support…
The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply a complete cargo handling system for a new LNG bunkering vessel. The ship is being built at the Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering shipyard in China for Fratelli…
On 26 August 2021 Kuzey Star Shipyard (Turkey), in partnership with Nevsky Shipyard (a company of United Shipbuilding Corporation), sent the first LNG-powered ferry Marshal Rokossovsky of Project CNF19M for sea trials. The ARC4 class LNG-powered ferry was ordered by…
Patrol ship HMS Severn was officially welcomed back into the Royal Navy family on 28 August 2021, despite being busy on operations for the past 14 months. Berthed alongside the famous wartime cruiser HMS Belfast on the Thames near Tower…
The Senegalese and Egyptian governments waived the passage fees for the world’s largest charity hospital ship through the Suez Canal, an act that will save thousands of additional lives in Africa. Global Mercy, the newest hospital ship of international charity…
The Irish Naval Service has recently faced challenges with personnel numbers, but this seems to have abated somewhat and ships have been seen out and about more over the summer months. Significant changes are in the pipeline for the Naval…
SAS Mendi (F148) is on her way back to full operational capability after “suffering catastrophic damage to her propulsion engines”. The “damage” included total seizure of the Valour class frigate’s starboard propulsion engine while she was on duty in the…
The scale of shipping’s challenge to transition from fossil-based fuels to renewables must not be underestimated. It is a global industry, and ships must be able to serve all ports. There is still no easy answer on which technology to…
The Russian Navy accepted the project 23120 logistical support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov on 8 August 2021. The acceptance act was signed by the chairman of the Commission for State Acceptance of Ships, Captain I Rank Andrei Yegorov. The date of…