The Concarneau, France-headquartered Piriou Group’s shipyard in Vietnam hosted a keel laying ceremony Nov. 6 for the two vessels it is building for the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG). The ships, the new passenger ferry Scillonian IV and the new freight vessel Menawethan, will serve on ISSG’s services between Penzance in Cornwall, England, and the Isles of Scilly, off the southwest tip of the U.K.
Piriou to build two new vessels for Isles of Scilly ferry services
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The government of the Occitanie region in southern France recently placed a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) into service. Built by local shipyard Piriou, the 70- by 16.7-metre (230- by 54.8-foot) Hydromer was designed by the French office of Norwegian naval architecture firm LMG Marin in...
Grain de Sail has expanded its fleet of sailing cargo ships with the recent acquisition of a new vessel delivered by local shipyard Piriou. Grain de Sail II was built at Piriou’s Vietnam facilities to a design by French naval architecture firm L20Naval. “It is a pure schooner-type sailing vessel...
Best Medium Ro-Pax – Insula Oya III – Piriou Constructed for a regional government in western France, this very versatile new steel and aluminium Ro-Pax ferry benefits considerably from having two sturdy loading ramps on its port-side. Designed and built to operate safely and reliably in the often...
French transport company TOWT has awarded a contract for the construction of six additional wind-powered cargo vessels from compatriot shipbuilder Piriou, bringing the total number of ordered ships to eight. The 81-metre, 1,000DWT ships will be designed to operate for up to 320 days at sea per...
Best Small WFSV – JLD Virginie – Piriou This is a smart functional little aluminium catamaran that boasts a number of interesting features, especially the aft location of its wheelhouse. Built in Piriou’s busy Vietnam yard, the vessel is very adaptably multi-role. It is safe, fast, comfortable,...
French shipbuilder Piriou has delivered the final one of three Walo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ordered from the company by the Senegalese Navy. Named after a former kingdom that is now part of northern and central Senegal, Cayor was being built by the Kership joint venture formed by...
Bourbon Mobility, the Paris-headquartered Bourbon Group’s offshore oil and gas personnel transfer business, has ordered six new interfield Surfer crewboats for its West Africa operations. Designed by Marseille based naval architecture firm Mauric, they will be built by Piriou Shipyards.
Carrying over1 million people transported each year, the Bourbon Mobility fleet has a total capacity of about 5,500 seats
Bourbon described the new crewboat order as “a major investment in renewing its fleet” but...
Bourbon Mobility, the Bourbon Group company that specialises in crew transfer services for the oil and gas industry, has selected French shipbuilder Piriou for the construction of six crewboats in a series. The six crewboats will support the Bourbon Mobility fleet operating in West Africa. Each...
Orders have been placed for new ferries for operation in various regions. Interestingly, three of the four vessels mentioned in this roundup are catamarans that are each capable of seating at least 300 passengers and reaching speeds of over 25 knots. South Korean operator orders fast catamaran...