Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a letter of intent for delivery of four 9,350ceu methanol-capable and ammonia-ready PCTCs and individual options for an additional eight vessels. The four vessels will be delivered from mid-2026 onwards by Jinling Shipyard in China. “We are securing our position as our customers’ first choice in shipping and delivering on our […]
British Columbia’s Salish Sea region is engaged in a balancing act: opening up trade, but with its tanker exports routing through the intricate connecting waters of the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca. The surrounding First Nation communities are understandably concerned about how this is to be managed. As a result, methanol is a […]
130m-long vessel to be fitted with a 40MWh battery energy storage system that will power a series of electric propulsion system and waterjets In a significant change to earlier plans, Australian shipyard Incat Tasmania has announced that the 130m lightweight inland ro-pax ordered by Uruguayan operator Buquebús, first announced in 2019 and already under construction, […]
Baltic Workboats and BLRT Grupp subsidiary Western Baltija Shipbuilding are to develop an all-electric waste collection tanker for the Port of Klaipeda in Lithuania. The contract, valued at nearly US$12 million, will see the creation of a 42m x 10m tanker with the capacity to carry up to 400m3 of liquid waste and rainwater collected […]
Demand for Fred. Olsen Express’ ferry services in the Canary Islands is on the up: the operator reports that its new route between Playa Blanca in Lanzarote and Corralejo in Fuerteventura has recorded a 40% increase in passenger traffic since its introduction last year. Added to that, July 2022 saw the return of the company’s […]
Finnish naval architects Deltamarin has announced three separate design contracts for pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs), as the segment continues to experience unprecedented growth and demand for more sustainable newbuildings. BYD Auto, China’s largest electric car manufacturer, has ordered 4 x 9,200 CEU PCTCs from China Merchants Industry that will be based on a […]
Shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has teamed up with naval architect Macduff Ship Design, propulsion specialist Kongsberg Maritime and battery manufacturer Echandia to develop a zero-emissions harbour and coastal tug. Two tugs are specified in the initial order, each with a proposed length of 25.5m, a beam of 12m and a draught of 4.85m – although, […]
There’s been a recent upsurge in the production of boats dedicated to removing floating debris and trash from coastal and inshore waters – a task that cleans up the immediate environment and, crucially, prevents the outflow of this waste into the sea, where effective removal becomes far more difficult. The new Grasshop catamaran concept, developed […]
Dutch builder U-Boat Worx has released an update on the interior design for its forthcoming Nautilus concept, a 37.5 vessel designed to function as both a private yacht and a fully functional submarine (see Ship & Boat International November/December 2022, pages 24-25, for an in-depth look at the vessel). The interior design was created in […]
Dongara Marine of Geraldton, Western Australia has been contracted to build two pilot boats for Fremantle Ports. The duo is being developed in partnership with naval architect Southerly Designs, to Australia’s National Standard for Commercial Vessels. Ship & Boat International understands that both vessels will be very similar to the Dongara-/ Southerly-produced Berkeley class, which […]
MMS Workboats aims to take “25 lorries off the roads” of Yorkshire, UK with each trip of its recently converted canal freight barge – aptly named MMS Off-Roader. The barge was originally launched by Yorkshire Dry Dock as the oil products tanker Humber Princess in 1979, but will now carry up to 500tonnes of various […]
Drydocks World, a DP World Company, has finished a major refurbishment and conversion project for the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Firenze, which is set to be redeployed off Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa. The project was carried out within 15 months for Saipem and the scope of work for the project included […]