Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fueled LPG carrier Lantana Planet to compatriot shipowner Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Offshore Energy reports. The vessel is a dual-fuel LPG carrier using LPG and low-sulfur fuel oil,…
Maersk Supply Service signed an assignment agreement with TechnipFMC for the comprehensive towing and mooring campaign for Petrobras’s Búzios 6 Project (seventh module of Búzios), Offshore Brazil. The scope covers the pre-installation of the mooring system and hook up of…
Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure partnered with Höegh LNG to supply its SafePilot Offshore solutions for a first-of-its-kind Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The terminal, officially commissioned during the week commencing 17…
Classification society Bureau Veritas has successfully reviewed a 3D design of a 2,500m³ hopper dredger from Damen Shipyards, being a step to granting it approval in principle. The pilot project for 3D model-based class approval is meant to pave the…
The new ro-ro ship Tennor Ocean, newbuild under construction at German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), set off on a test voyage from Flensburg heading for Bremerhaven in late January 2023. The ferry was moved to Dock 3 at Lloyd Werft.…
A new investigation into the sinking of ferry Estonia that claimed 852 lives in 1994 revealed flaws in its bow visor construction missed during its certification. If the necessary examination had been carried out, the Estonia-registered ship would not be…
Resorts World Cruises, started in 2022 as a successor to Genting Hong Kong’s Dream Cruises, has announced that it will restart cruises from Hong Kong by obtaining a second cruise ship from its former company. They plan to start the…
SHIPS MONTHLY February 2023 The February 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – Shieldhall ready for the 2023 season, new ferry MyStar debuts…
On 23 January 2023 Swan Hellenic announced that SH Diana, the newest and largest ship in its fleet, was floated out of dry dock at Helsinki Shipyard. SH Diana’s fitting out is now already under way, leaving her well on…
The offshore support vessel Topaz Tangaroa has been purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence for conversion to a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship. She arrived at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside in mid-January 2023 for conversion and will serve…
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