Carnival Corporation has ordered a third 5,400-berth cruise ship for its AIDA Cruises division. The new 180,000gt ship, which is being built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, is scheduled for delivery in 2023. It will be capable of being fully…
A steel cutting ceremony was held for Spirit of Discovery, Saga Cruises’ first bespoke-built boutique ship, in early March 2018. The event took place last week at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenberg, Germany, to mark the start of construction…
On 26 February 2018 P&O Ferries announced that it had reached agreement with Forth Ports to move to a purpose-built £150 million river berth on the Thames at the Port of Tilbury, which will treble its freight capacity to 600,000…
China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company has joined with Finland’s Wärtsilä Corporation to jointly develop a preliminary production level design for a 127,000 dwt shuttle tanker. The demand for shuttle tankers is forecasted to increase and by having a ready and…
The latest packed issue of Ships Monthly is now available, containing news and features In the news this month: WATERFRONT News of largest ship to call at Sharpness, the historic vessel Spica to be broken up, photos of the worst…
On Friday 2 February 2018, the official keel-laying ceremony took place at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China. This traditional maritime event marks the start of the construction phase of the hull and the exterior parts of the vessel. “This…
During February 2018 the tug MTS Viscount made a return visit to Poole Harbour to shelter from deteriorating weather conditions. The 1977-built twin screw ocean going tug, managed by Marine & Towage Services, was bringing a new linkspan bridge from the…
2017 marked another record trading year for ferry company Stena Line across its travel and freight services. Freight volumes on its Belfast to Cairnryan, Liverpool and Heysham routes exceeded a record 514 000 units, which represents a 3% year on…
The £10 million South Quay at the Port of Poole has opened for yacht transfer ships and vessel layovers, with full operations expected to commence in March after final surfacing work. Construction of the 200m x 40m extension began at the beginning…
Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Ltd (Homeland) of Lagos, Nigeria, has taken delivery of another Damen 3307 Patrol Vessel for operations in the offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. This takes the total delivered vessels/Guardians since the first arrived…
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