Thuwal II

Freire lays keel for new Saudi research flagship Thuwal II

The Freire Shipyard in Vigo, Spain, has laid the hull for the R/V Thuwal II, the new flagship of the Saudi research fleet being built for the King Abdullah University of Science

BYD Shenzen

VIDEO: BYD Shenzen takes “world’s largest car carrier” crown

The China Merchants Industry Nanjing Jinling shipyard yesterday held a ship handover and naming ceremony for the first 9,200-car dual-fuel car carrier, BYD Shenzhen. Built for China’s BYD Co. Ltd., its loading

CMB.TECH CEO

CMB.TECH and Golden Ocean merger will create 250 ship behemoth

CMB.TECH NV [NYSE: CMBT] and Golden Ocean Group Limited [NASDAQ: GOGL] are set to merge, creating one of the largest diversified listed maritime groups in the world with a combined fleet of

Tokyo Kisen CTV

Tokyo Kisen takes delivery of first of two Incat Crowther CTVs

Japanese operator Tokyo Kisen Co Ltd has taken delivery of JCAT HIBIKI 2, the first of two new Incat Crowther crew transfer vessels (CTVs) custom designed to service Japan’s growing offshore wind

Blue Highway transloadijng vpoint

New Bronx Blue Highway project unveiled

Set to start operating this year, a Blue Highway project in the Bronx, N.Y., will initially remove 1,000 truck trips a month off highways and onto the water. Details of the plan

Ocean Navigator passenger vessel

NTSB: Engine failure leads to $2.4 million passenger vessel fire

Debris in an engine’s lube oil system led to a diesel engine failure and an engine room fire aboard a passenger vessel docked in Portland, Maine, the National Transportation Safety Board said

İÇDAŞ tug

Damen partners with ICDAS to build tug in Turkey

Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Turkey’s ICDAS Group covering the construction of an ASD Tug 2813 in Turkey. Back in 2002, Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania, built two tugs

BW LPG vessel using Oceanly solutions

BW LPG rolls out Oceanly digital solutions fleetwide

Looking to use advanced vessel reporting and performance monitoring to improve fleet performance, the world’s largest LPG carrier operator, BW LPG, is implementing digital solutions from Rapallo, Italy-headquartered Oceanly fleetwide. Oceanly says

Section 301 announcement

USTR reveals fee scales, timing for Section 301 action on China

In a long-expected move, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on April 17 took Section 301 “targeted action to restore American shipbuilding and address China’s unreasonable acts, policies, and practices to dominate the

Ulusoy ship

Wärtsilä will upgrade engines on two Ulusoy Sealines bulkers

Wärtsilä is to upgrade the Wärtsilä RT-flex main engines on two bulk carriers owned by Turkey-based Ulusoy Sealines. The planned engine retrofits and upgrades aim to extend the vessels’ operational life and

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