A chemical leak had forced the evacuation of more than 200 people from a passenger vessel in the Port of Trelleborg in Sweden on Friday, August 16.

Robert Allan Ltd and MTU have developed a new design of shallow-draught pushboat that will run on LNG.

Meyer Werft has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of a second vessel in a series for AIDA Cruises.

Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry launched the bulk carrier Kendra Oldendorff on Thursday, August 15.

Germany's Port of Hamburg achieved a 4.1 per cent advance to 69.4 million tonnes in seaborne cargo handling in the first half of 2019, Port of Hamburg Marketing said in a recent press release.

Hamburg-based Scandlines has signed an agreement with Finland's Norsepower to install a rotor sail propulsion system on the hybrid Ro-Pax ferry Copenhagen.

Shanghai China Resources Dadong Shipping Engineering, a company under China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), has begun conversion work to equip one of Hapag-Lloyd's containerships with a dual-fuel propulsion system.

Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first half of the year 2019 with a significantly higher operating result than in the same period of the previous year, posting earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of €389 million (US$435 million) compared to €91 million for the first half of 2018.

Dutch marine construction company ST Marine Support christened its newest multi-purpose workboat in a ceremony on Friday, August 2.

Germany's Bundeswehr has chosen the Type 707 class of ships to serve as the future fleet replenishment tankers in the country's navy.