Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles has handed over a new large jackup wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to compatriot private offshore wind construction company Boqiang Heavy Industry.

Turkey’s Dearsan Shipyard has floated out the second of two offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) that the company is building for the Nigerian Navy.

Norwegian transportation startup Hydrolift Smart-City Ferries, which operates under the name Hyke, has launched a new passenger shuttle service in the city of Fredrikstad in Østfold county in eastern Norway.

Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles has handed over a new large jackup wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to compatriot private offshore wind construction company Boqiang Heavy Industry.

Turkey’s Dearsan Shipyard has floated out the second of two offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) that the company is building for the Nigerian Navy.

Norwegian transportation startup Hydrolift Smart-City Ferries, which operates under the name Hyke, has launched a new passenger shuttle service in the city of Fredrikstad in Østfold county in eastern Norway.

Zhoushan Putuo Changhong Shipyard in China has completed conversion works on a locally-owned chemical tanker to enable it to operate as a bunkering vessel that will serve ships running on methanol.

Eureka Shipping, a company jointly owned by Cyprus-based SMT Shipping and Canadian shipping operator the CSL Group, has placed an order for a new mechanical/pneumatic cement ship destined for operation in the Great Lakes.

European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) Somalia, the European Union maritime counter-piracy task force deployed in the waters of the Indian Ocean off Somalia, has confirmed the release of a commercial cargo vessel and its crew 32 days after it was seized.

The Chinese fishing fleet is responsible for systemic illegal fishing and human rights abuses in countries bordering the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO), undercutting China’s claims of supporting sustainable development and thriving blue economies in the region, according to a new report published by the Environmental ..

Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry has commenced construction on a new type of semi-submersible offshore fish farming vessel to be fitted with a dynamic positioning (DP) system.

Three people were killed while four others suffered varying degrees of injury after a fishing vessel was accidentally struck by a missile fired from a Russian Navy ship in the Baltic Sea off Russia’s Kaliningrad region on Tuesday, March 19.

Schottel will equip four new ASD stock tugs from Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group with examples of the Schottel SRP 270 rudder propeller.

More than a quarter of last year’s exhibitors to Seawork were from overseas, with 20 per cent from Europe and the rest from around the globe. To reflect the growing number of overseas friends and competitors booking stands or registering attendance, Seawork and Marine Civils will be welcoming National Pavilions this year.

Global trade association Interferry has partnered with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to organise and co-host a seminar on ferry safety in Africa.