Crist Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of 12 new mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels for the Belgian and Roy ..
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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 ..
Future French-built dredger to feature hydrogen fuel cells
French shipbuilder Piriou has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new hydrogen-powered trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for use in the Occitanie regio ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Piedrabuena – French-built OPV for Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy recently took delivery of a new steel-hulled offshore patrol vessel (OPV) from the Kership joint venture formed by French shipbuilders Naval Group and ..
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 ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Via Alize – Deep-sea tuna seiner joins Via Ocean fleet
Via Ocean (formerly Armement Saupiquet), a French subsidiary of Italian conglomerate Bolton Group, has taken delivery of a new steel-aluminium tuna purse seining vessel f ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Ajie Arho – French yard completes tuna longliner orders for repeat customer in New Caledonia
Société de Développement et d’Investissement des Îles (SODIL), a semi-public asset management company based in the capital city of Noumea in New Caledonia, rece ..
New tuna seiner delivered to France’s Via Ocean
French fishing company Via Ocean has taken delivery of a new steel/aluminium tuna seining vessel from Piriou. Built at Piriou’s Vietnam shipyard, Via Alizé has an ..
Construction begins on new tug for French port operator
Construction has begun on a new tug ordered by Société Coopérative des Lamaneurs, an operator serving the French ports of Brest and Roscoff. The Piriou-designed tug is ..
AWARDS 2020 | Best Ocean Tug – VB Guardian – Piriou
Best Ocean Tug – VB Guardian – Piriou VB Guardian is one of a series of purposeful, classy, all-steel, 30-metre harbour and ocean tugs for a very experienced Spanish ..