Together with sistership Reestborg, the multi purpose vessel is the largest one that Wagenborg has ever owned. The Reggeborg is the second vessel in a series of three, completed with a so called eco bow. In addition to this, these vessels have a relatively low engine capacity so they can be labeled
One of Britain’s leading marine surface protection companies is planning further expansion from its base in Aberdeen after securing new banking facilities from Clydesdale Bank. Muehlhan Surface Protection Limited began trading in 2003 and is 100% owned by Muehlhan AS, a German quoted company with ar
The recently delivered ‘SL Mbissi’ will be the next Damen-built vessel in fleet of Smit Lamnalco. Nonetheless, the 25 metre shallow water workship is special in more ways than one. Firstly, it’s the first-ever Damen Shoalbuster for Smit Lamnalco. Although Smit Lamnalco, leading provider of integrate
Efficient and cost-effective icebreaker assistance is a critical factor affecting the competitiveness of Finland’s economy and foreign trade. It is the responsibility of the Finnish Transport Agency to provide the operating framework for winter navigation and to ensure effective year-round seaborne
Siem Offshore has again contracted Wärtsilä to supply the design and integrated solutions for four new platform supply vessels (PSVs). The ships will be built at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Poland. The contract was signed in January 2014. The four new vessels, like the two currently under con
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun A.B. has granted Shipyard Ferus Smit the order for building an LNG powered cargo vessel, with 2 more units on option. The first vessel will be delivered in autumn 2015 from the yard in Westerbroek, Groningen. The Thun shipping company has a strong market position i
Containership Collides with Chemical Tanker in Singapore Strait The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received a report that today a collision had occurred between the departing Liberia-flagged containership “Hammonia Thracium” and the Panama-flagged chemical tanker “Zoey” in the Singap
The MPI Workboats fleet continues to expand, with the arrival of MPI Lucinda, MPI Sampson, MPI Napoleon and MPI Snowball. All four windfarm-support vessels will service the windfarm industry in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. MPI Lucinda and MPI Sampson have been built at the South Boats Shipyard on t
Saga Cruises has highlighted Gibraltar’s continuing attractions for cruise owners, returning to Gibdock for repair and maintenance work on one of the ‘grand old ladies’ of the cruise industry, the 24,492grt, 670-passenger capacity Saga Ruby. Delivered by Swan Hunter in 1972 to Norwegian American Lin
Twenty-five new dredging vessels should be built for operation at inland waterways of Russia, said Igor Zlobin, head of IWW department of Federal Marine and River Transport Agency, at the Forum of Dredging Companies organized by media-group PortNews. According to Zlobin, the following equipment is r
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order for lashing bridges for three 18,000 TEU container ships to be built at Waigaoqiao Shipyard in China. The contract includes the design and fabrication of the lashing bridge steel structure of approx. 5400 tons, and an option for three further vessels
Smit Lamnalco has taken delivery of, and will soon deploy, the ‘SL Kiwi’. It’s their second tug of the Damen STu 2208 type. The 39.4 tonne bollard pull tug will join the sister ship ‘SL Kittiwake’, delivered late 2012, to support Single Point Mooring operations. Built at Damen’s facilities in Gorinc
The Viking Star “laying of the keel” ceremony, a formal recognition of a milestone in a ship’s construction, recently took place at Fincantieri Marghera yard, Italy. Viking Star will have a gross tonnage of about 47,800 tons and 464 cabins with accommodation for 944 passengers. The ship has been des
For many years Croon Elektrotechniek and Bakker Sliedrecht have been partners, working successfully together, for instance for IHC Merwede. This partnership, known as Combinatie Croon Bakker (CCB), was granted the order for some outstanding work: delivery of the complete electrical installations, pr
