Spain's Armon Shipyard has launched Ponta Matirre, the first in a series of four 30-metre-long freezer trawlers ordered by Nueva Pescanova Group.

The fumigation of grain cargoes using certain pesticides, namely plant protection products, may not be effective in controlling insect larvae, resulting in cargo damage or loss, according to Javier Quintero Saavedra, head of HSE at Terminales Marítimos de Galicia (TMGA), an operator of bulk terminals in Galicia, Spain.

Spain's Freire Shipyards has launched a new patrol vessel being built for the Marine Surveillance Department of Kuwait's Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resouces (PAAFR).

Swire Blue Ocean has entered into a long-term vessel charter agreement with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for a series of offshore wind projects across North Europe.

The Port of Luleå in Sweden has taken delivery of a newbuild Robert Allan Ltd-designed hybrid icebreaking tug from Spain's Gondan Shipbuilders.

UAE shipbuilder Drydocks World Dubai has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of a new asymmetric tractor tug for Spanish operator P&O Reyser.

Sleipnir, Heerema Marine Contractors' newest semi-submersible crane vessel and the world's first LNG-powered construction vessel, has successfully completed sea trials and crane load tests.

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a newbuild 16-metre tug to Spanish ferry operator Baleària.

Three people have been arrested in Spain in connection with an incident last month wherein two fires broke out on a Grimaldi Lines ship as it was sailing through the Balearic Sea.

Spain's Gondan Shipbuilders has begun conducting sea trials of Vilja, a new hybrid icebreaking escort tug ordered by the Port of Luleå in Sweden.