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  • Canadian Coast Guard Dedicates Final Icebreaker

    Canadian Coast Guard Dedicates Final Icebreaker

    20th September 2023

    The Canadian Coast Guard officially welcomed the medium icebreaker CCGS Vincent Massey to its fleet at a dedication to service ceremony in Quebec City in September 2023. The ship is the third of three medium icebreakers that Canada purchased secondhand…

  • Damen Group’s all-electric tug Sparky nominated for Award

    Damen Group’s all-electric tug Sparky nominated for Award

    19th September 2023

    The first of Damen’s innovative new, all-electric RSD-E Tug 2513 class has been nominated for the 2023 Ship of the Year Award (formerly known as the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award). Sparky is the result of six years of…

  • Concordia Damen contracted for River Pusher to Paraguay

    Concordia Damen contracted for River Pusher to Paraguay

    18th September 2023

    Paraguayan shipowner and operator Girona S.A. – Rio Sur Transporte y Logistica has contracted Dutch inland shipping construction yard Concordia Damen to build a CDS4115 Shallow Draft 5,400hp River Pusher to expand its fleet. The family-owned company is one of…

  • Furetank and Algoma Central Corporation order two newbuilds

    Furetank and Algoma Central Corporation order two newbuilds

    17th September 2023

    Furetank and Algoma Central Corporation have expanded the FureBear joint venture with two additional vessel orders, bringing the total newbuild order to ten intermediate product tankers to trade in Northern Europe. The two companies continue to position FureBear and increase…

  • Paddle steamer Waverley visits Shoreham

    Paddle steamer Waverley visits Shoreham

    15th September 2023

    On Wednesday 13 September 2023 Waverley, the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer, made her first visit to Shoreham Port for her inaugural cruise from the West Sussex harbour. She was berthed in the outer layby, while her 620 passengers were…

  • Van Oord’s new hopper dredger Vox Alexia christened

    Van Oord’s new hopper dredger Vox Alexia christened

    14th September 2023

    In Rotterdam on 9 September 2023 HRH Princess Alexia of the Netherlands performed the christening ceremony for Van Oord’s new hopper dredger Vox Alexia. The ceremony took place at the Wilhelminakade quay in Rotterdam’s city centre, where the vessel was…

  • Record summer for maritime travel in Baltic

    Record summer for maritime travel in Baltic

    13th September 2023

    Record summer for maritime travel: Local tourism popular on both sides of Baltic Sea, South Koreans discover Nordic region Between June and August, nearly 1.8 million passengers sailed on Viking Line’s vessels, and many departures during the summer holiday season…

  • Shieldhall and Paddle Steamer Waverley put on a show

    Shieldhall and Paddle Steamer Waverley put on a show

    12th September 2023

    There was a rare and wonderful sight on southern coastal waters on Sunday 3 September and Monday 4 September when two heritage steamships, both built in Scotland and now part of the National Historic Fleet, met up off Bournemouth and…

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