South Korean transport company Daezer Ferry recently took delivery of a catamaran Ro-Pax ferry that will transport both local residents and tourists between the city of Pohang on mainland South Korea and the island of Ulleung 117 nautical miles off the country’s east coast.

A court in Hungary has sentenced a cruise ship captain to five and a half years in prison for his role in a collision with a tour boat that left 27 people dead in the Danube River in Budapest four years prior.

Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation, via its Lotos Shipyard division, has completed the main construction phase of the river cruise ship Pyotr Velikiy (“Peter the Great”). The newbuild is owned by Moscow River Shipping Company and is to be operated by Mosturflot. It belongs to the Project PV300VD series of river ..

The Singapore Strait is experiencing a spike in maritime piracy attacks, with the incidence increasing from 12 attacks in 2019 to 38 in 2022, and an upwards trend continuing into 2023.

One of the delights of the offshore market recovery has been the surge in charter rates for platform supply vessels (PSVs) around the world. Tidewater’s triumphant presentation at the Barclays CEO Energy Conference earlier this month showed the potency of the market recovery that the company has driven ever onwards and ..

Military considerations are slowing China’s offshore wind energy deployment. The coastal province of Fujian, just opposite Taiwan, is critical to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command, which is responsible for major operations against Taiwan, but also where China’s offshore wind resources ..

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based SEACOR Holdings has confirmed the sale of its US harbour towing operations and assets from its Seabulk Towing Holdings subsidiary to two parties, E N Bisso and Son and Bay-Houston Towing Company.

US-based Kirby Corporation, via its Kirby Inland Marine division, recently took delivery of a new plug-in hybrid electric inland pusher tug. Green Diamond was designed and built by Kirby-owned San Jac Marine based in Channelview, Texas. Stewart and Stevenson Manufacturing Technologies, another Kirby company, designed and ..

Deliveries include an electric inland tug for a US commercial operator and a ship handling tug for the Royal Thai Navy. Construction meanwhile continues on a tug for a Danish towage provider and a salvage and rescue vessel for the US Navy. Royal Thai Navy acquires ship handling tug The Royal Thai Navy recently took ..

A partnership led by Norwegian energy company Equinor has commenced development of a platform supply vessel (PSV) powered by batteries to ensure emission-free operations, particularly in the North Sea.

It is probably a function of age and cynicism, but one sometimes wonders whether anyone in charge of pretty well anything, from countries to companies, really knows what is going on. They are probably paid eye-watering amounts in salaries and bonuses, tell a good tale in the annual report, but rarely seem to deliver ..

WORK BOAT WORLD: Anna Müller has been appointed as President of Volvo Penta and member of the Volvo Group management. She will replace Heléne Mellquist, who will leave the Volvo Group to join the investment company Latour as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Müller started her Volvo Group career in ..

UK operator Rebel Marine has added a new aluminium vessel to its fleet of compact workboats.

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently took delivery of a new river maintenance workboat from Alabama-based boatbuilder Silver Ships. Dashields is the second in a series of three landing craft workboats built by Silver Ships for the USACE Pittsburgh District, the first being the 2022-built Allegheny River. The ..

O’Malley Marine Plant, a workboat operator based in County Mayo, Ireland, recently took delivery of a multi-role, shallow-draught tug built by Damen Shipyards Gorinchem in the Netherlands. Taktow was originally built in 1981 but has been modernised to perform a range of duties. The tug has been issued with an Irish ..

Hamble, UK-based builder RS Electric Boats recently handed over a new rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to Dutch boat charter operator Energyboats.

The Whiskey Project Group, the partnership formed by Australian boatbuilder Yamba Welding and Engineering (YWE) and New Zealand-based naval architecture firm Naiad Design, has handed over a new rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to Australian volunteer marine search and rescue (SAR) organisation Marine Rescue NSW. The new boat ..

The US and Russian navies commission new surface combatants into service as a UK builder lays the keel of the second in a new class of Royal Navy frigates. A Danish design firm meanwhile unveils a multi-role naval vessel capable of operating in Arctic waters. US Navy commissions littoral combat ship Marinette The US Navy ..