After two years of shipyard construction at SAILCARGO INC, including a year of structural framing, the three-masted, 45m wooden cargo schooner Ceiba is about to enter a new phase of construction. The next stage will be to install the hull,…
On 8 July 2020 Damen Shipyards Group was awarded a contract by the Port of Antwerp to deliver two RSD Tugs 2513 after an intensive tender process. The vessels are part of Damen’s Next Generation Tugs series and are built…
Russia’s Sovcomflot has taken delivery of the 174,000 cubic metre capacity LNG carrier SCF La Perouse from South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for operation under a long-term time charter agreement with French energy major Total. The new vessel features…
Before the Covid-19 pandemic brought postponements and cancellations to historic ship operations worldwide, it had already been decided that the steamship Sir Walter Scott, which has been running on Loch Katrine since her completion in 1900 by William Denny and…
Spain’s Astilleros Balenciaga expects to deliver a new fisheries research vessel to the Greenland Institute of Natural Sciences next year to replace the 1971-built former stern trawler Paamiut, which was converted into a research vessel nearly 30 years ago. The…
SHIPS MONTHLY August 2020 The latest issue of Ship Monthly is out now. Get your copy by subscription here. News pages New from the shipping world includes the Sassnitz route shut down by Stena, an uncertain future for the unique…
Cruise & Maritime Voyages has gone into administration due to the collapse of the cruise industry following the coronavirus pandemic. CMV announced in June that it was looking for additional finance and it was hoped that last minute discussions with…
Netherlands-based eConowind, developer of the wind-assist VentiFoil product (see SM, Jan), has been contracted to install two of the devices on a cargo vessel being operated by Holland’s Boomsma Shipping BV. The twin units have been integrated into a specially…
The technology group Wärtsilä’s experience and integration capabilities for wind farm service vessels has resulted in a broad scope of the company’s solutions being selected for a large wind farm main installation vessel (MIV). The ship is to be built…
Norway’s Höegh Autoliners is waiting for an inspection of the car carrier Hoegh Xiamen to determine if the 12,250dwt ship can be repaired or will have to be scrapped. The vessel was hit by an extensive fire that broke out…