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Uljanik Shipyard delivers dredge to Jan De Nul

Croatia’s Uljanik Shipyard has delivered a fourth self-propelled cutter suction dredge, the Niccolò Machiavelli, to Jan De Nul S.A. G. D. Luxembourg, a member of the Jan De Nul Group. Niccolò Machiavelli

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Fairplay now largest towage provider in Polish ports

Rotterdam-based Fairplay BV, a company in the Hamburg-based Fairplay Towage Group, has completed the take-over of the Polish towage provider WUZ Shipping and Port Services Gdynia Co. Ltd., previously owned by the

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Hyundai Heavy says it is not planning shipyard in Nigeria

According to media reports, South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has no plans to build a multibillion dollar shipyard in Brass, Nigeria. Yesterday, the office of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

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Imtech acquires Canada’s Groupe Techsol Marine

Imtech N.V. reports that it has acquired Canada’s Groupe Techsol Marine. It says that this means that Imtech has now a high-tech marine production site available in Canada and also strengthens Imtech’s

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825-ton superlift completes aircraft carrier’s stern

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division placed an 825-ton superlift on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on September 12, completing the ship’s stern.

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Lürssen Werft said to make offer for Blohm + Voss

In August, employees of Germany’s Blohm + Voss, learned that parent ThyssenKrupp was negotiating the sale of the Hamburg shipbuilder’s civilian assets to a British investor (see earlier story). Now, though, comes

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IHC Merwede enters dredge rental market

Sliedrecht, The Netherlands, headquartered IHC Merwede has entered the international rental market with its standard IHC Beaver(R) dredges and DMC work boats. The company has identified a demand in the market for