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...
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VESSEL REVIEW | JLD Virginie – France’s Atlantique Maritime Services expands crewboat fleet
French shipowner Atlantique Maritime Services (AMS) has expanded its fleet of offshore support vessels with the recent acquisition of a catamaran crewboat supplied by compatriot company Piriou. Named JLD Virginie, the multi-functional vessel was built in Piriou’s Vietnam shipyard and will serve offshore wind customers in France and in other European countries. Construction was done […]
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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | March 28 – French crewboats, a hydrogen-powered cable-lay vessel and more
New crewboats have been delivered to separate operators in France while a UK offshore wind support specialist places orders for low-emission vessels. Two Dutch design fir ..
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Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | November 29 – Hydrogen-fuelled tug for Antwerp, deliveries to the Americas and more
Recent deliveries include two to a UK towage operator and one to a port company in France’s Guadeloupe territory in the Caribbean. Customers in the Americas and Western ..
Work Boat World Tug and Salvage Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – May 13, 2022
New tugs have been delivered to operators in Turkey, China, Egypt, and Timor-Leste. Some even have built-in firefighting capability in addition to the usual towing, ship ..
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Brittany operator orders cargo sailship with 350-tonne capacity
Brittany-based cargo transport operator Grain de Sail has awarded Piriou a contract for the construction of a new cargo sailship with a total hold capacity of 350 tonnes. ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Le Moros – Compact harbour tug for Concarneau, France
A new harbour tug has been handed over to the Societe Cooperative des Lamaneurs des Ports de Brest et de Roscoff (SCL), a towage operator that serves clients in the ports ..
New tug delivered to Brittany towage operator
A new all-steel harbour tug has been delivered to the Societe Cooperative des Lamaneurs des Ports de Brest et de Roscoff, a towage operator that serves clients in the por ..
French Caribbean operator orders new tug
Caraibes Remorquage, operator of Pointe-a-Pitre harbour on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, has placed an order for a new tug with French shipbuilder Piriou. Th ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Jana 21 – Aluminium crewboat specially designed for Arabian Gulf
The Vietnam shipyard of French builder Piriou recently handed over a new fast aluminium crewboat to Jana Marine Services, a Saudi Arabia-based vessel operator that primar ..