Cruise ship under construction at Fincantieri’s Genoa Sestri yard—one of 18 shipyards that Fincantieri operates worldwide

European shipbuilding gets a wakeup call

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having repercussions in the Baltic. Already, Finland and Sweden have sought to join NATO. Now, long-time NATO member Denmark is planning to invest up to DKK 40

Korea Express Ferry

VIDEO: Korea Express Ferry takes delivery of high speed cat

The latest addition to the fleet of Korea Express Ferry, Korea Pride, is a 72-meter, 556-passenger Incat Crowther design catamaran ferry that is the first vessel of its kind to be built

Hydroniq Coolers will supply its Rack marine cooling system to the stern trawler.

New stern trawler will feature a hull-integrated marine cooling system

Fincantieri’s Norwegian shipbuilding and design subsidiary Vard has placed a contract with Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the marine seawater cooling system for a newbuild stern trawler it is designing and constructing. The

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding construction work

Fincantieri Bay breaks ground on new facility

Sturgeon Bay, Wis.-based Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) has broken ground on a new 19,000-square-foot machine shop. Inside the 300 foot long building, shipbuilders will have access to two overhead cranes capable of

SNAME tackles marine industry hiring needs

It’s no secret that the marine industry worldwide is struggling to find enough skilled employees to meet its workforce development needs. Case in point: The Hampton Roads area of Virginia hosted a

Fully=electric ferry on the water

Second fully-electric ferry enters service in Kiel

Kiel, Germany, based ferry (and tugboat) operator SFK has christened its second fully-electric ferry, the Wellingdorf. The 24.70 meters long by 7.20 meters wide ferry can carry 140 pedestrians and 60 cycles.

Battleship Texas

VIDEO: Battleship Texas set for restoration

The Battleship Texas Foundation reports that the historic battleship USS Texas completed a milestone journey on Wednesday, August 31 from the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in La Porte, Texas, to

September 2022

September 2022

What’s going on in European shipyards and what can the U.S. learn from them? Also, we examine Japanese innovations, the tanker market and more.

FPSO has sustainability notation

ABS launches new sustainability guide for greener offshore operations

ABS has launched detailed requirements for greener offshore operations in the first sustainability guide to target the offshore industry. Developed by working with major offshore industry clients, the newly-released revised sustainability guide

aircraft carrier keel laying ceremony group

VIDEO: Newport News Shipbuilding marks CVN 80 construction milestone

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) celebrated the ceremonial keel-laying of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80) at its Newport News Shipbuilding division on July 27 U.S. Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and

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