
Pressing on with fleet renewal and the New Major Vessels (NMVs) project, Canada’s ferry operator BC Ferries has contracted China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards (CMI Weihai) to build four new ships with diesel-battery hybrid propulsion systems.

UAE’s Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has secured a contract from the Netherlands-headquartered N-Sea Group covering the full design, manufacturing, delivery, and commissioning of a cable installation deck spread for the cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera. The scope is said to include a 4,500-tonne carousel