Officials from the UK’s Ministry of Defence, the Royal Navy, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and Navantia UK gather at the Appledore shipyard on September 3 to witness the ceremonial keel laying for the first of three Fleet Solid Support vessels…
Growth in the container segment of the shipping industry has been making headlines for a long time, but it just smashed through a record. Surpassing the 34 million TEU mark, trade group BIMCO says the growth has accelerated and is…
A newly completed Ro-Ro vessel suffered an onboard fire while en route to Europe on her delivery voyage on Wednesday, September 2.Skipanes, which was formally handed over to Faroe Islands-based shipping company Smyril near the end of August, was some…
Singapore defence shipbuilder ST Engineering laid the keel of the Republic of Singapore Navy's third Victory-class multi-role combat vessel (MRCV) during a ceremony on Thursday, September 3.Development of the MRCVs is being undertaken jointly by ST Engineering and the Defence…
China's Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has been awarded a contract for the construction of ten new pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) in a series. The contract has a total value of approximately US$1 billion.
US terminal operator Enstructure has completed its acquisition of the marine services division of Canadian counterpart Logistec.Logistec said the acquisition will create one of North America’s largest and most diversified marine terminal and logistics networks.The combined company will operate 106…
