Swedish ferry operator Stena Line has taken delivery of Stena Embla, the final of the company’s three new E-Flexer vessels destined for the Irish Sea.
French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique has held a coin ceremony for Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Beyond Edge-Class cruise ship. The coin ceremony is meant to bring the ship good fortune and coincided with the laying of a keel block for Celebrity Beyond. “In a year that has continuously tested
The Green Jade floating heavy lift installation vessel, owned by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) and currently under construction at CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, will be equipped with a system for recovery of green electricity from the waste heat of its engines. German company Orcan Energy, special
Ordering of new ships in 2020 has decreased by 41 percent when compared to the same period in 2019, data from UK-based vessel valuation agency VesselsValue shows. According to a chart listing this year’s ordering patterns, a total of 532 ships have been ordered so far this year, worth a total of $26
Star Breeze, the first cruise ship completed as part of the extension and modernization initiative of Seattle-based Windstar Cruises, has been delivered to the cruise line by the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply the engines and related emissions control after-treatment systems for two CGN hybrid ferries.
The sale of an almost 25-year-old crude oil tanker marks the end of the 4th longest streak of zero VLCC demolitions in history, lasting 512 days, BIMCO said. The 300,500 dwt VLCC named Sam (formerly Zoya 1) experienced a fire while undergoing maintenance in January this year. As Offshore Energy – Gr
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has terminated a contract for four pure car truck carriers (PCTC) worth $155 million (KRW 171.8 billion). The contract for the 7,500-ceu car carriers with an unnamed Marshall Islands-based company had been signed in 2015. In 2016, the shipowner inked a
The Isle of Man Ship Registry has been selected as the flag state to oversee the construction of two rail-enabled roll-on roll-off passenger ( RoPax) ferries that will connect New Zealand’s North and South Islands.
Korean shipbuilding heavyweights have amassed over $1.06 billion in crude carrier orders in a single day having reported shipbuilding contracts for a total of 13 newbuilds. Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has won orders for ten 300,000 ton very large crude carriers (VLCCs) worth $890 milli
Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (QLNG) said its newly built 4000-cbm LNG articulated tug and Barge has completed sea trials.
The European Commission has added new yards to the European List of ship recycling facilities suitable for the dismantling of EU-flagged vessels in an environmentally-friendly way. These include two European yards and two more yards in Turkey. “With the addition of these new yards, ship owners of EU
South Korean shipbuilding major Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has inked a deal to build six containerships for an undisclosed European shipowner. The contract is worth $652 million (KRW 722.6 billion), the shipbuilder disclosed in a regulatory filing. The containerships are sched
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri reported a 16% drop in revenues for the first nine months of 2020 reaching €3.53 billion, considerably impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak. The shipbuilder’s EBITDA stood at €200 million, down from €306 million reported in the same period in 2019, with an EBITDA margin
