TT-Line Company, a government-owned ferry operating company in the Australian state of Tasmania, has renegotiated an existing contract with a Finnish shipbuilder for the construction and delivery of two new replacement ferries to be deployed on Bass Strait.

Two people are confirmed dead while five others have gone missing after a cruise ship and a small motor launch collided with each other in the Danube River near Hungary’s capital city of Budapest on Saturday, May 18.

Silversea Cruises took delivery of its second Nova-class cruise ship in a ceremony in Eemshaven, Germany, on Tuesday, May 14.

Vallejo, California-based Lind Marine, through its Moose Boats boatbuilding division, has handed over a new response boat to the Alameda Fire Department (AFD) in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Australian volunteer search and rescue (SAR) organisation Marine Rescue NSW has completed conducting sea trials of two recently acquired rigid inflatable boats (RIBs).

Three people have gone missing after a cargo vessel sank off the northern coast of Romania near the border with Ukraine on Saturday, May 18.

Russian shipbuilder Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant, a division of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, recently launched a new tug ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Tianjin Port Barge in northern China has expanded its towage and harbour services fleet with the recent acquisition of two new ASD tugs in a series built by Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) recently issued a statement condemning UAE-based towage company Middle East Marine for what it claims are, “systematic abuse and neglect of over 100 seafarers.”

Polish shipyard Crist has the first steel that will be used for a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to be built to a design by Ulstein Design and Solutions.

The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted the Equinor-managed Empire Wind offshore wind project its final approval, authorising the project to begin construction on a new 810MW offshore wind farm south of Long Island.

Chinese shipbuilder Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore recently launched a new offshore installation vessel ordered by Van Oord.

The Russian federal government will invest RUB2 billion (US$22 million) for the modernisation of local shipbuilder Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant in Karelia.

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has confirmed that the Port of Los Angeles will receive an estimated US$58 million in federal funding this year for maintaining its harbour channels and repairing its wharves.

Houston-based construction company Orion Group Holdings has been awarded a contract for infrastructure upgrade works at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Aerospace manufacturer United Launch Alliance (ULA) has entered into agreements with Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana and naval architecture firm the Bristol Harbor Group of Rhode Island to design, oversee, and build a new ship to transport rockets to be used by the US Space Force.

The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) recently took delivery of a new mark-laying and committee boat built by UK-based Seaward Boats to a design by TT Boat Designs.

Early in the year 1992, a tender arrived on my desk from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). This looked exciting. I opened the tender documents to see what sort of naval vessel we would be required to build. On reading the requirements I found the vessel was for a new “admiral’s barge” that was to […]