Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) recently placed the first Japanese-built and -owned LNG-fuelled Ro-Pax ferry into service. Built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, the 17,300GT Sunflower ..
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Deliveries include a patrol boat for a Texas sheriff’s department, a stealth frigate for Japan’s self-defence forces, and an expeditionary sea base for the US Navy. A ..
A new fast crewboat has begun supporting decommissioning works in Brazil while one under development will be deployed at a new offshore wind project in Japan. Meanwhile, ..
Japanese operator Miyazaki Car Ferry has taken delivery of the final one of two large Ro-Pax vessels ordered from local shipyard Naikai Zosen Corporation. Named after an ..
China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company has completed work to convert an existing very large crude carrier into a floating production storage and offloading vessel ..
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has decided to integrate its two wholly-owned ferry and coastal Ro-Ro vessel operating companies, MOL Ferry and Ferry Sunflower, into ..
The Samoan government has taken delivery of a new inter-island Ro-Pax ferry built by Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen Corporation. Named Lady Samoa IV, the NK-classed ve ..
The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the identity of a wreck site off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, as that of USS Albacore, a US Navy Gato-clas ..
Following a very poor year for known ferry fatalities in 2021, the year 2022 saw a big improvement with the known death toll almost halved from 1,378 to 699. However, we ..
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