Spain’s Zamakona Yards has begun conducting sea trials of a new large rescue ship ordered by Spanish maritime search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo. The vessel has been named Heroinas de Salvora (“Heroines of Salvora”) in honour of Cipriana Oujo Maneiro, Josefa Parada, and María...
SVS Maritime, a company under Greek towage provider the Vernicos Scafi Group, has awarded Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine a contract for the construction of a new harbour tug. The tug will be designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. The vessel will have a length of 25.2 metres,...
Swedish builder Marell Boats has completed conducting sea trials of a new high-speed craft fitted with a hybrid electric propulsion system. The 17-metre vessel is designed to enable high-speed performance in heavy seas. Strong webs and longitudinal framing ensure extremely high hull performance at...
Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine recently handed over a new harbour tug to Italian towage operator Scafi Societa di Navigazione. Designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd, Gea will be deployed at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia. It will to support Scafi subsidiary Jadranski Pomorski...
Canadian towage company HaiSea Marine, a joint venture business formed by the Haisla Nation of British Columbia and local shipping line Seaspan, has taken delivery of the first in a new series of two LNG-fuelled ASD tugs that will be used primarily to escort gas carriers between the Pacific Ocean...
Vallejo, California-based Lind Marine, through its Moose Boats boatbuilding division, has handed over a new response boat to the Alameda Fire Department (AFD) in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. “This purchase was approved by the City of Alameda’s local government due to the...
Best Large FiFi Boat – Strazak 28 – Remontowa Shipbuilding Within its length of 29 metres, this ice class vessel packs in many useful features. As well as considerable fire fighting capability, it is a useful spill response vessel and a relatively powerful (45 tbp) harbour tug and well-equipped...
Ocean Marine Jomtien, a marina resort complex based in Thailand’s Chonburi province, has taken delivery of a new aluminium workboat from joint Thai- and Australian-owned shipbuilder SeaCat Ships. The 9.6-metre OM6 will be used on duties such as towing, firefighting, sewage pump-out, search and...
Deliveries include a rescue boat for an Australian volunteer organisation, a firefighting launch for a government operator in the US state of Virginia, and two ambulance boats for a Norwegian shipping company. A Russian rescue and patrol vessel is unveiled for the first time. Finally, a Saudi customer places orders for new fireboats to be […]
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US-based boatbuilder Metal Shark Boats is expanding its presence in its home state of Louisiana with the addition of a third manufacturing facility. Metal Shark, which recently sold its Alabama-based ship refit and repair business to Birdon America, opened a 40,000-square-foot (3,716-square-metre) manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish. Together with Metal Shark’s nearby Jeanerette and Franklin […]
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