Damen Shipyards Den Helder has returned the HNLMS Snellius to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) following her midlife upgrade. The hydrographic survey vessel required a complex and diverse scope of work taking almost a year to complete. The vessel was…
The technology group Wärtsilä, a pioneer in enabling the viability of LNG as a marine fuel, will provide the main and auxiliary engines, as well as the fuel storage and supply system, for a new Italian ferry designed to operate…
Ocean Explorer, an Ulstein-designed expedition cruise vessel featuring the X-BOW®, was successfully delivered from the CMHI Haimen yard, China, on 13 July 2021. Norway-based Ulstein has delivered several expedition cruise ship designs for the SunStone Ships’ INFINITY series, all for…
Albwardy Damen, a leading provider of shipbuilding and ship repair services in the marine, and oil and gas related industries in the Middle East, was recognised as the Best New Building Yard at the 14th edition of the ShipTek International Awards…
The technology group Wärtsilä has received two more orders for its complete LNG cargo handling and fuel system. The contract has been awarded by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, the yard building two LNG bunkering vessels for which the Wärtsilä systems will…
Damen Shipyards Group has concluded a licence agreement with US-based Conrad Industries. The agreement will see the Conrad Shipyard LLC construct two Damen Multi Cats 3013 for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation. The two vessels covered by this agreement…
During June and July the AI assistant Stena Fuel Pilot has been successfully introduced on two more Stena Line vessels, Stena Flavia and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In total, sevem Stena Line vessels now operate with AI assistance, with the aim to reduce…
On 1 July 2021 Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group organised the naming ceremony of Wind of Hope, its second vessel dedicated to the maintenance of offshore wind farms, attended by its godmother, the Minister of Industry, Ms Agnès Pannier-Runacher. The large…
After more than six months of negotiations, the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has announced the successful completion of the sale of Penzance Dry Dock (2009) Limited to Penzance-based engineering business Linked Solutions SW Limited. It will continue to be…
Recently a ceremony was held at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, to mark the naming of the first of a new model in the Damen Shoalbuster range. The ultra-shallow, Shoalbuster 3514 SD was christened Brutus by Mrs Mandy Heere-van Eijk, on behalf…