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OFFSHORE PLATFORM: Singapore’s FPSO contract

Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd has won a contract to make significant modifications to the FPSO Espadarte for long-time customer Single Buoy Moorings...

ROYAL OLYMPIC: Last Epirotiki ship for scrap

The sole remaining ship of the once large Epirotiki/Royal Olympic cruise fleet has been sold to Turkish scrappers. Hermes (1978/2,174gt) was laid up in...

CABLE LAYING: Cable company collapses

Polar Prince (1999/6,951gt), the Norwegian-owned and managed OSV chartered by Subocean, was impounded at Harwich in late January when the Aberdeen-based company collapsed. The...

MONACO GRAND PRIX: Something for the weekend

A larger than usual number of cruise ships is heading for Monaco during the weekend of 28/29 May for the Formula One Grand Prix....

VEHICLE CARRIERS: Design changes in the wind

Car carriers have traditionally been known as the ‘ugly ships’ of the maritime trades because of their boxy profiles. However, change is coming, as...

OCEANIA CRUISES: Marina is first newbuild

Oceania Cruises took delivery of its first newbuild, Marina, on 19 January at Fincantieri’s Sestri Ponente shipyard near Genoa. The 66,000gt 1,250-passenger ship is...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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