A 14,000 teu Yang Ming containership knocked out three giant quay cranes at a Turkish port on Saturday. One crane operator was seriously injured when the 368 m long YM Witness got its docking procedures badly wrong when calling at Evyap port with a pilot onboard. Several containers also fell from...
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The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption. Moreover, it highlights how food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict. To address this, the international...
Dearsan Shipyard of Turkey has been awarded a contract for the design and construction of two fast attack craft in a series for the Qatari Emiri Navy. The vessels will each have a length of 50 metres and will be equipped for surface warfare, air defence, and asymmetric warfare. Armament on each...
A new Turkish liner has unveiled a service connecting with Russia. Istanbul-based ULD Shipping has debuted a new Black Sea feeder that connects Turkey Novorossiysk, using two chartered-in 634 teu sisterships, according to Alphaliner. While most of the main global carriers have stopped servicing...
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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...
Norwegian aquaculture services company AQS has taken delivery of a new hybrid catamaran workboat optimised for supporting fish farm operations. AQS Trym was designed and built by Norway’s Skagen Ship Consulting in cooperation with UK naval architecture firm Macduff Ship Design and Turkish shipbuilder TRX Marine, though construction took place entirely at TRX Marine’s Yalova […]
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Both the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the current attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are graphically illustrating the efficacy of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) in the maritime domain. UAVs offer economical, high-endurance search, surveillance, and attack capabilities. Therefore, their use by naval...
Fractal Shipping from the UAE and Turkey’s Beks Ship Management are among the high profile shipping names included in the latest raft of sanctions unveiled by the UK yesterday ahead of tomorrow’s second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Both Fractal and Beks have seen their...
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Spanish towage company Boluda Corporacion Maritima has taken delivery of a new harbour tug built by Med Marine of Turkey. VB Lusitania was designed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan Ltd. Its duties will include ship handling, towing, pushing, mooring, and firefighting. The tug has a...
A company to be formed by Norwegian shipping companies Eidesvik Offshore and Agalas will be the owner of a new construction support vessel (CSV) that will feature methanol-fuelled engines and a battery hybrid system. The new vessel to be owned by Eidesvik Agalas will also perform inspection,...