Turkey’s Kuzey Star Shipyard has been selected as the preferred buyer for Croatia’s Uljanik Brodogradnja 1856, bringing the Pula shipyard a step closer to private ownership after several years of state-backed restructuring. Croatia’s Centre for…

Navigator Gas has contracted Everllence PrimeServ to convert two additional liquefied gas carriers to operate on ethane, building on operational experience gained from a similar retrofit completed in 2018. The project will see the vessels Navigator…

US technology company Newlight has reported fuel and emissions reductions from the first commercial voyage using its hydrogen-assisted engine retrofit system. The findings follow a trial aboard a Lomar Shipping bulk carrier. The technology enables…

The Philippines is pairing regulatory reform with new infrastructure investment as it seeks to expand its shipbuilding and shiprepair sector, with fresh US support for the shipyard at the former US naval base in Subic Bay coming as Manila moves to…

Silverstream has received independent assessment of its performance-measurement methodology for the Silverstream air lubrication system, with classification society RINA concluding that the approach is suitable for assessing and quantifying energy…

Austal USA has completed certification of its new floating drydock at its San Diego shiprepair facility, with the dock now operational and set to support US Navy maintenance work. The dock is 162m long and 47m wide. It has a lifting capacity of 9,000…

Safeen Drydocks has expanded its shiprepair capacity with the addition of a 230m-long floating dock at Zayed Port in Abu Dhabi, the largest such facility in the UAE. The dock has a lifting capacity of 21,000 tonnes and is located alongside 1,000…

Cochin Shipyard has approved a 50:50 joint venture with Drydocks World to operate the International Ship Repair Facility (ISRF) in Kochi, with the Dubai-based company taking management control of the operation. Under the agreement, Cochin will…