Germany’s Federal Customs Service (Bundeszollverwaltung) has placed an order for a new multi-purpose vessel to be built by local shipyard Fassmer. The vessel will be named Rugen after an island in the Baltic Sea. Once completed, it will have a length of 67 metres, making it the largest in the...
Seventeen people suffered varying degrees of injury after a Bulgarian cruise ship transiting the Danube River struck the side of a lock in northern Austria on Friday, March 29. The unidentified vessel, which had more than 140 passengers embarked, was sailing along the Danube near the municipality...
Carnival Corporation has placed an order for a new cruise ship to be built by German shipyard Meyer Werft. The vessel will be the seventh overall Excel-class cruise ship and the fifth in the class slated for Carnival Corporation’s Carnival Cruise Line brand. Delivery is scheduled for 2028....
Disney Cruise Line and German shipyard Meyer Werft held a joint ceremony to celebrate the laying of the keel of Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship on Wednesday, March 20. The Lloyd’s Register-classed ship will be a sister of Disney Wish, which was delivered by Meyer Werft in 2022. Once completed, the...
Germany’s Peter Döhle Schiffahrts has been named as the buyer of three containerships from Capital Product Partners as the US-listed outfit backed by Evangelos Marinakis works towards becoming an LNG carrier pure-play. S&P databases suggest the Hamburg-based boxship and bulker owner and operator...
https://splash247.com/peter-dohle-swoops-on-marinakis-boxships/
CO2 management specialist zero44 has released a new tool that will help shipping companies understand the financial impact of the planned FuelEU Maritime regulation. Most shipping companies are currently working on becoming EU ETS compliant, but the FuelEU Maritime legislation which should further...
https://splash247.com/zero44-launches-calculator-for-fueleu-maritime-regulation-costs/
The German shipyard sector could be in for a shake-up with American private equity giant Carlyle Group opening discussions to buy into thyssenkrupp’s marine business in a deal valued at $1.6bn with due diligence under way. At the same time, talks are being held with the German government on the...
https://splash247.com/carlyle-group-in-discussions-to-enter-german-shipyard-sector/
The Port of A Coruña in Spain has secured a new backer in its ambitions to become a logistic hub for the marshalling, assembly and deployment of floating offshore wind components. German utility RWE has signed up to facilitate the scaling-up of the port capacity in support of Spain’s floating wind...
https://splash247.com/spanish-port-scales-up-floating-wind-ambitions/
“Fix the balance sheet before you fix the business.” This was the sage advice we gave two weeks ago when we compared Tidewater to its moribund and indebted competitors. We noted that Hornbeck, Bourbon, and Edison Chouest still have some way to go in resolving their balance sheet problems. But if...
MPC Capital has doubled its shareholding in boxship owner MPC Container Ships (MPCC). The Hamburg-based asset and investment manager said it had increased its stake in the Oslo-listed tonnage provider from around 7% to around 14%. The deal worth around $34m was carried out by boosting shareholding...
https://splash247.com/mpc-capital-doubles-stake-in-mpc-container-ships/