Cammell Laird has been selected to construct a multi-purpose disaster relief and training vessel under a project led by registered charity Britannia Maritime Aid (BMA). ..

At the 44th Interferry Conference in London yesterday, I reported on the work of the FerrySafe group, a subsidiary of Interferry’s Domestic Ferry Safety Committee. ..

Norwegian Encore, a new vessel ordered by Norwegian Cruise Line, has left Meyer Werft’s Papenburg shipyard to undergo a series of sea trials. The trials will be ..

Fixed-wing aircraft carriers, and nuclear-powered submarines are generally seen as the capital ships of today, and are the yardsticks against which navies’ capabilities ..

Officials in Tokyo have confirmed the successful rescue of 60 people who had ended up in the water after a Japanese patrol vessel and a North Korean fishing boat collided ..

Canada’s Kraken Robotics, through wholly owned subsidiary Kraken Robotic Systems, is set to establish a joint venture with an unnamed company owned by Kraken Board ..

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has delivered a new ASD tug to Rimorchiatori Napolitani of Italy. Named Galluzzo, the Robert Allan Ltd-designed tug has a length of 24.4 ..

The body of another crewmember from the ill-fated tug supply vessel Bourbon Rhode has been found near the waters where it is believed to have sunk some 1,200 nautical ..

Some days just seem to be better than others, and today is one of them. My normal morning sources of shipping news were just full of glad tidings, and it set me up nicely ..

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a joint venture company between Shell New Energies US and EDF Renewables North America, has commenced survey operations off the New Jersey ..

Total E&P South Africa has awarded Solstad Offshore contracts for two large anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels. Normand Prosper (pictured) and Normand Drott ..

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Novatek, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have entered into a cooperation agreement for LNG transshipment projects in ..

Kongsberg Gruppen recently unveiled a new design of maritime security vessel for military and civilian operators. The vessel will also be capable of secondary missions ..

Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania recently laid the keel for a new marine aggregates dredger ordered by Hanson UK. The vessel will be capable of dredging material at ..

Royal IHC has reached agreements with several customers to supply cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) with an approximate total ..

Kongsberg Gruppen recently unveiled a new design of maritime security vessel for military and civilian operators. The vessel will also be capable of secondary missions ..

JFD has been awarded a multi-million pound contract for the design and construction of submarine rescue equipment for China Shipbuilding and Offshore International. JFD ..

The UK’s newest polar research ship has been officially named in a ceremony at the facilities of local builder Cammell Laird. The vessel has been christened RRS Sir ..