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Ulstein wins two-ship cable layer deal

Malaysia’s OMS Group has ordered two cable layers at Ulstein in Norway. The contract, signed late in December, is the latest step in the Asian company’s expansion strategy and comes at a time of surging demand for high-capacity subsea cable systems. …

Shipbuilding

MPC OSE Offshore secures long-term funding for offshore vessels

Hamburg-based MPC OSE Offshore, a joint venture between MPC Capital and O.S. Energy, an offshore wind vessel operator, has secured twelve-year funding for a fleet of offshore survey and support vessels (OSSV) due for delivery later this year and…

Shipbuilding

Largest battery-electric ferry starts sea trials

Incat Tasmania has begun sea trials of what is claimed to be the world’s largest battery-electric ship in Hobart. The 130m-long passenger-vehicle ferry is undergoing a series of test manoeuvres on the River Derwent which flows through the Tasmanian…

13.01.2026

Ports & Logistics

Rina and HPC execute five-year Caspian Sea ports project

Classification society Rina and Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) have won a five-year deal – ‘Promoting Green Ports and Connectivity in the Caspian Sea Region’. The green ports project will assist ports in the Caspian and Black Sea – Baku in Azerbaijan,…

Ship&Offshore

17.01.2026

Ship Operation

Viam and Rivertrace to use AI in tackling pollution risk

New York-based robotics and AI technology firm, Viam, and UK oil-in-water monitoring specialist, Rivertrace, have joined forces are to develop systems for the digital and environmental compliance monitoring of merchant vessels.

Until now,…

16.01.2026

Ship Operation

SEA.AI and Barnacle Systems announce new partnership

SEA.AI, a provider of maritime machine vision using artificial intelligence based in Austria, and Barnacle Systems, a Canadian company specialising in vessel monitoring, surveillance, and fleet intelligence, have teamed up to record, store and…

12.01.2026

Ship Operation

Hydrogen as fuel assessed in LR report

Hydrogen is likely to play a major role to play in shipping’s decarbonisation drive, according to a new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR). The latest publication in the classification society’s ‘Fuel for Thought’ series examines the scope for its…

12.01.2026

Shipbuilding

Vard wins new robotic vessel contract

Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary, Vard, has won a new contract from its existing customer, Ocean Infinity, for the design and construction of four multipurpose robotic vessels worth more than EUR 200 million.

Two of the vessels will be built at…

China held its position as the world’s largest merchant shipbuilder in…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to place an order this year…

Ship Repair

Aurora Botnia battery retrofit complete

Turku repair yard in Naantali, Finland, has delivered Aurora Botnia, the electrified RoPax ferry now with some 12.6 MWh of battery capacity on board, back to owner Wasaline. Formerly running on a mix of LNG and bio-LNG, Wasaline opted to retrofit Aur…

Skandi Minder begins aftermarket project at Vard Langsten

The Norway-flagged Skandi Minder has arrived at Vard Langsten quay to start an aftermarket shiprepair and conversion project for offshore owner DOF. The vessel, designed for field installation operations across a wide range of water depths and…

Silja Symphony refit advances at Klaipeda yard

The Finland-flagged Silja Symphony has reached the midpoint of its scheduled docking at BLRT Repair Yards in Klaipeda, with work progressing to plan as the cruise ferry undergoes an extensive refurbishment and systems upgrade. Passengers will see…