Ships

Tasmania-based TT-Line recently firmed up a contract with Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for the construction of two new ropaxes. This project was conceived by naval architecture and marine engineering firm Foreship. The agreement was finalised following [Read more...]

KiwiRail and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) have signed a firm contract for the delivery of two Cook Strait ferries. The first will arrive in 2025 and the second in 2026. The contract price for the two ferries is [Read more...]

VARD has secured the contract to construct ’Somnio’, the world’s first residential ‘yacht liner’.  ‘Somnio’ will have a gross tonnage of 33,500, a length of 222 m, and a beam of 27 m. Delivery is scheduled for Norway [Read more...]

VARD has delivered ‘HANSEATIC spirit’ (pictured), the third expedition cruise vessel for Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.  Her handover completes the series of three vessels in the new Hapag-Lloyd Cruises expedition class. ‘HANSEATIC spirit’ has now joined the expedition fleet [Read more...]

Following a ceremony at the shipyard in China at the end of last month, the world's largest civilian hospital ship, ‘Global Mercy’ (pictured), was delivered to the charity organisation Mercy Ships. Stena RoRo has been working on the global [Read more...]

‘Pride of Burgundy’ – P&O Ferries fifth ship on the Dover/Calais route – has arrived at the Port of Dover, returning to service with her first sailing in over a year. With capacity to carry 120 lorries, the [Read more...]

In August, 2020, Stena RoRo began a conversion project involving the ropax ‘Stena Scandica’ (ex ’Stena Lagan’) being responsible for design and execution. The ship was cut in half and a new 36 m long mid-section inserted and as a [Read more...]

Carnival Corp has sold AIDA’s ‘AIDAcara’ to undisclosed interests. She marks the 19th cruise ship sold from the Carnival brand in the wake of the pandemic. ‘AIDAcara’ was AIDA’s original cruise ship, delivered almost 25 years ago. With [Read more...]

Saga Cruises ’Spirit of Discovery’ is to return to service later this month. She was delivered in July, 2019 but had her sailings suspended last spring when COVID-19 locked down the UK. While lying in dock at Tilbury [Read more...]

Six weeks ahead of schedule, the ropax ‘Côte d'Opale’ – Stena's fifth E-Flexer – was delivered from CMI Jinling (Weihai). The ship is now on her maiden voyage to Europe where she will enter service during the summer. Stena [Read more...]