U.K.’s Wight Shipyard nabs Mexican high-speed ferry order
MARCH 21, 2018 — Building on its export successes last year, the U.K.’s Wight Shipyard has landed an order to build two 37 m, high-speed ferries “across the pond” for Mexico’s Ultramar,
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Wight Shipyard wins its first export order
FEBRUARY 12, 2018 — Britain’s Wight Shipyard Co has secured its first export order. It comes from Austria and is for a 250-passenger river catamaran to operate for Central Danube Region Marketing
Wight Shipyard to build Loch Ness passenger catamaran
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017— The U.K.’s Wight Shipyard Co has booked an order to build a 21 m passenger catamaran for Scotland’s Jacobite Cruises. The order comes hard on the heels of the
Red Funnel orders second fast cat at Wight Shipyard
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 — U.K. ferry operator Red Funnel has placed an order with Wight Shipyard Ltd in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, for a 41 m high-speed catamaran that will inject
Wight Shipyard wins $7.7 million passenger ferry order
OCTOBER 12, 2016 — The largest fast passenger ferry order for a U.K. shipyard in over 25 years has been confirmed by MBNA Thames Clippers yesterday. Two new 170-passenger, 35 m boats
Norfolk Naval Shipyard uses ROV for underwater inspections
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Technology and Innovation (T&I) Lab recently used an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to perform an inspection for the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The ROV,
BV classes world’s first hybrid SES crew transfer vessel
Bureau Veritas has classified the world’s first hybrid-powered surface effect ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. Built at the U.K.’s Wight Shipyard, the 22 meter long x 8.9 meter beam crew transfer vessel
Chartwell to design and deliver hybrid CTV
Southampton, U.K., based Chartwell Marine has signed a contract to design and deliver a new hybrid Chartwell 24 offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) for Swansea, Wales, headquartered High Speed Transfers, Ltd.
CWind develops hybrid SES offshore wind CTV
From mid-2020, the world’s first hybrid powered Surface Effect Ship will be operating as an offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV). Chelmsford, U.K., based CWind has reached a long term charter agreement
Seacat orders second Chartwell 24 offshore wind support vessel
U.K. offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator, Seacat Services, has taken up its option to build a second Chartwell 24 catamaran for the offshore wind sector. Construction of the vessel, to be