Danish operator NCT Offshore has ordered an upgraded version of Vard’s 9 01-class cablelaying vessel (CLV) type, with delivery scheduled for Q4 2024. The ship’s hull will be built at the Vard Tulcea facility in Romania, with final outfifting, commissioning and delivery to be overseen by one of Vard’s yards in Norway. The new Vard […]
Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon is building a dozen hybrid monohull passenger ferries for Italian operator Liberty Lines, with deliveries scheduled to run from this year until 2026. Each newbuild in the series will measure 39.5m x 8.3m and feature a depth of 4m and a draught of 1.8m. The aluminium ferries will be kifted out […]
Xin Sheng Tai: Shanghai’s supercharged solution for short-hop ferry runs Late 2022 saw the delivery of Xin Sheng Tai, an electric ferry designed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and built by Yaguang Technology Group. The ferry will provide public transport to commuters between Changxing Island and Hengsha Island, on the Yangtze River […]
With its futuristic appearance (likened, by its developers, to a spacecraft) and a reported top speed of 38knots, the forthcoming EF-24 Passenger is sure to strike a considerable contrast with the Stena Line ferries more common to the city of Belfast. Developed by Artemis Technologies, and presented in concept form in late September, the foil-assisted, […]