France’s LD Armateurs has launched the first of three low-emission RoRo vessels, Spirit of Toulouse, at Wuchang Shipyard in China. The shipbuilder is part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, the world’s largest shipbuilder.

Two more…

The world’s third largest liner company, CMA CGM, has chosen low-earth-orbit (LEO) services provided by Eutelsat’s OneWeb system which is to be delivered, integrated, and installed by Marlink on more than 300 vessels over the next nine months.

The…

Netherlands-based heavy-lift shipping company, Roll Group, has ordered two new heavy-lift barges at an unnamed shipyard in Indonesia. The barges, which will be classed by DNV, will be 85.2m long, 27.4m wide, with a design draft of 4.8m.

The 9,350dwt…

PaxOcean has opened a new SGD 200 million (EUR 136 million) facility in Singapore’s Jurong Industrial Estate, replacing its Tuas yard. The 17.26-hectare site at 5 Jalan Samulun includes two graving docks, one floating dock, expanded quayside and…

Fincantieri and Generative Bionics have launched an industrial partnership to develop a humanoid welding robot for deployment in Fincantieri shipyards. The four-year programme forms part of Fincantieri’s robotics and innovation strategy and will…

MacGregor has secured an order to supply a 400-tonne SWL active heave compensated (AHC) subsea crane for a new 127-metre floating wind farm construction vessel (FWCV) under construction at Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry Co, Ltd (CN). Operations will be…

Navantia UK plans to recruit 500 apprentices by 2030 as it expands shipbuilding, engineering and offshore energy activities across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The announcement follows its acquisition of Harland & Wolff assets and…