Damen Shipyards Group has recently delivered a Stan Tug 1004 to Corps van Vletterlieden for operation in the Port of IJmuiden in the north of the Netherlands. The tug, Boatman2, will perform a wide range of tasks including mooring, supply,…
After a six-week period of maintenance, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam handed the HNLMS Evertsen back to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 14 April 2021. The shipyard worked hard – together with its Dutch suppliers – to prepare the Air Defence and…
Like many other large shipping groups Sweden’s Stena Bulk has been developing new zero-emission cargo ship designs but the Gothenburg-based company has also taken a new look at cargo handling. Its latest design, the InfinityMAX bulk carrier, would use hydrogen…
South Korea’s shipbuilding industry is looking ahead to a prosperous year on the back of a global shipping volume recovery and heightened demands for eco-friendly vessels, industry data showed 5 April 2021. Of the 10.25 million compensated gross tonnage in…
On 8 April 2021 Samsung Heavy Industries Co obtained approvals for its conceptual design for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) from three global ship quality assurance and risk management companies. The three companies are ABS from the United States,…
On 2 April the ro-ro freighter Cotentin (2007/19,909gt) concluded its Poole-Cherbourg duties under contract to the UK Department for Transport then repositioned to Le Havre the next day to take over Portsmouth sailings from the chartered Etretat (2008/26,500gt), which has…
From 8 April 2021 ferry company Stena Line has increased the frequency of its sailings between Fishguard and Rosslare from 14 sailings to 24 every week. The increase in frequency is good news for the company’s Welsh port of Fishguard,…
IN March 2021 global towage operator Svitzer Europe received from Damen Shipyards Group the new tug Svitzer Thames, an 80-ton bollard pull azimuth stern drive (ASD) tug, to support its operations in the Port of London. Svitzer Thames started operating…
The Dutch cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika in danger of sinking off Norway, after listing heavily and taking on water, looks more secure. A dramatic rescue by helicopter of its crew in 15m swells took place on 5 April 2021. Plans…
Celebrity Beyond, the latest ship in the award-winning Edge Series from Celebrity Cruises, completed her float out at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in St Nazaire, France on 1 April 2021. This significant occasion marks a key milestone in her construction,…