Cammell Laird, part of the APCL group, signed a deal with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to construct the first new Mersey ferry in 60 years. The Birkenhead facility will design and build the state-of-the-art vessel on-site, featuring green technology such as an Azi-pull propeller...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/new-mersey-ferry-to-be-built-by-cammell-laird/
King Henry VIII of England is most famous for two things: 1) having six wives and 2) “dissolving” the monasteries. The latter was especially chaotic, being characteri ..
The UK’s Ministry of Defence recently announced that the Royal Navy (RN) is to acquire two Multi-Role Offshore Survey Ships (MROSS). These vessels will help protect the ..
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The UK National Environment Research Council (NERC) has placed a new Antarctic research and supply vessel into service. Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the ve ..
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The UK-flagged polar research ship Sir David Attenborough has departed Cammell Laird shipyard to conduct technical sea trials. In November, the vessel will be handed over ..
Cammell Laird unveiling ambitious plans for a new specially designed RoPax.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/277921/cammell-laird-announces-new-ropax-ferry-design/
The ship sailed away from Cammell Laird’s River Mersey shipyard following a nine-month build program.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/274943/new-red-funnel-ferry-departs-cammell-laird-yard/
Merseyside shipbuilder Cammell Laird has completed the building of its 1393rd vessel the £10million ferry the Red Kestrel, for Isle of Wight ferry operator Red Funnel.
The Red Kestrel, a new freight-only RoRo vessel, sailed away from Cammell Laird’s famous River Mersey shipyard following a nine-month build programme. In total the project used 45 British supply chain businesses and generated 3000 man hours of work for Cammell Laird’s apprentices.
Cammell Laird further employed 200 direct workers,...
In what can be considered as the picture of the week, a new £10m state-of-the-art freight ship was launched at Cammell Laird on this Tuesday, writes Craig Manning in an article published on the Wirral Globe.
About the VesselRed Kestrel, commissioned by the Isle of Wight ferry operator Red Funnel, floated off with the tide from the Birkenhead shipyard’s slipway to its wet basin during the ceremony.
A flare was set off to start the vessel’s short journey.
What’s different about it?Red Funnel’s first...
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The ferry ULYSSES returned to Dublin on 13 February, following an extensive dry dock investment at Cammell Laird shipyard in Merseyside. The four-week upgrade was undertaken to complete refurbishment and maintenance work and will see the Ulysses return to service looking like new, having had new...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/irish-ferries-invests-four-million-euro-in-ulysses-upgrade/