Stena RoRo has ordered another two E-Flexer RoPax vessels from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The vessels will be delivered in 2027 to the Greek shipping company Attica Group…
Shipbuilding and Shipyards
Fincantieri and Crystal have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to build two state-of-the-art, high-end cruise ships, with an option for a third ship. Each ship will have a gross…
Following our previous live “encounters” with ERT’s journalist and former Seafarer Antonis Karagiannakis – emanating also from a historic maritime Greek island, that is Kasos, today we bring you in…
Newbuilding features below-deck liquid-hydrogen tanks and vaporization system in other industry first MAN Cryo has supplied a liquid-hydrogen gas-fuel supply system to a 118.8 m superyacht constructed by Feadship, the…
Dry dock upgrade planned to better accommodate Navy vessels Mammoet is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with DHO (Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV) to perform transportation and lifting…
ALL NEW SHIPS SHOULD BE BUILT TO A SEAWATER-LUBRICATED STERNTUBELESS SHIP DESIGN, SAYS LEONTOPOULOS Future newbuild ships of all types should be built without a sterntube and with a seawater-lubricated…
Our friends at PGLegal have put together a fantastic piece that we are excited to share with you. This article is part of a series about the role of the Captain in…
Non-weather working days declared30 May 2024, Dhamra, IndiaDhamra Port Company Ltd has declared that 0200 hours on 26 May to 1525 hours on 27 May as non-weather working days at…
Light Structures and Sumitomo Heavy Industries extend business with SENSFIBâ„¢ technology on a total of eight tankers Oslo, Norway: Light Structures AS, the world leading supplier of fiber optic condition monitoring…
Echandia has secured an order for the delivery of battery systems to a Northern European ferry operator. The order involves converting two RoPax ferries to pure electric propulsion and is…
Damen Shipyards teams up with BigLift to bring 11 tugs from East Asia to Europe on one vessel
Damen Shipyards and leading heavy lift specialist BigLift Shipping have completed a major logistical feat. A single vessel has transported eleven Damen tugs from the shipbuilder’s yards in Vietnam and…
Vergina TV’s Christina Tsorba interviews John Faraclas on Maritime Education & Training as well as on the total development and fruitful transformation of the entire Northern Greece.
Vergina TV’s Christina Tsorba interviews John Faraclas on Maritime Education & Training as well as on the total development and fruitful transformation of the entire Northern Greece. Once again we…
Check out the latest orderbook, listing 59+ newbuilds worth $43.48bn*. The Cruise Ship Orderbook was updated on May 10, 2024 and includes firm orders for ships of 1,000gt or more planned…
John Faraclas once again appeared today in part 3 on Vergina TV with Rt General (HAF) Lazaros Kabouridis, journalist George Vlachos on current affairs moderated by Stergios Kalogiros, which included:…
Performance Shipping Inc. Signs Shipbuilding Contract for the Construction of a Newbuilding LR1 Tanker Vessel
ATHENS, GREECE, May 7, 2024 – Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PSHG), (“we” or the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, today announced that, through…
Rio de Janeiro – 07 May 2024 – Svitzer, a leading global towage provider, has today announced the successful delivery of Svitzer Babitonga, the final tug in a series of six sister vessels…
Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured yet another order for its X‑DF‑A ammonia-fuelled engines in what will be the world’s first ammonia dual-fuel Aframax tankers. Two vessels ordered by Singapore…
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Norton Rose Fulbright advises Bibby Marine on shipbuilding contract to deliver first zero-emission offshore wind farm vessel
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Bibby Marine on a shipbuilding contract to deliver the world’s first truly zero-emission, electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV). The eCSOV, which…
The first of AAL’s Super B-Class heavy lift fleet, the ‘AAL LIMASSOL’ christened and made ready for her maiden voyage
Singapore, Thursday, 2 May 2024: In a formal naming ceremony at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company in the Chinese province of Quanzhou on Friday, 26th April, AAL Shipping’s (AAL) new vessel, the…
The new partnership will see W&O support VARD’s order book over a three-year period, providing valves and technical support to shipyards in Norway, Romania and Vietnam Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands…
Tanker Orders Increase 32% Year-on-Year Tanker ordering levels have increased during the first few months of 2024. So far this year, 104 Tankers have been added to the global orderbook,…
Guidance on devices that alter ships’ maneuvering characteristics25 Apr 2024, United StatesThe U.S. Coast Guard issued a Policy Letter providing guidance regarding devices that alter maneuvering characteristics of ships to…
GE Aerospace LM2500 Gas Turbine-Powered USCGC Calhoun Commissioned by United States Coast Guard
CHARLESTON, SC | April 23, 2024 – USCGC Calhoun (WMSL-759), powered by one GE Aerospace LM2500 marine gas turbine, was commissioned by the United States Coast Guard Saturday in its homeport…
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Citibank on $450m facility for Danaos Corporation to acquire eight newbuild vessels
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Citibank N.A. (Citibank), as coordinator, BNP Paribas, KfW and Alpha Bank on a $450m syndicated facility for Danaos Corporation (Danaos). The facility will assist…