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VESSEL REVIEW | Whale Dreamer " Sightseeing and events catamaran built for Australia's coastal waters
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (740+ words) Whale Dreamer was designed by Sea Cat affiliate Sea Speed Designs. Sea Cat said the bespoke aluminium catamaran has been purpose-built for operations in Sydney's exposed coastal waters. The vessel has an LOA of 23. 4 metres (76. 8 feet), a beam of eight…...
VESSEL REVIEW | Kentucky " Crescent Towing adds 6, 000hp newbuild to Mississippi River tug fleet
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (278+ words) New Orleans-based Crescent Towing has taken delivery of a new 6, 000hp (4, 500k W) Z-drive tug built by Blakeley Boat Works, its sister company under the Cooper Group. Named Kentucky, the tug has been added to Crescent Towing's ship-assist operations in the Lower Mississippi…...
Marco Polo Marine's gross profit surges 87 per cent in H1 FY2026
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (607+ words) Marco Polo Marine has published its financial results for the first six months of the financial year ended March 31, 2026. The group recorded a revenue of SG$74 million (US$58 million) in H1 FY2026, an increase of 40 per cent from the SG$52. 7 million (US…...
Sea trials begin for China's second locally-built cruise ship
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (161+ words) China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) subsidiary Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has begun conducting sea trials of a new large cruise ship. Adora Flora City is a sister ship of Adora Magic City, which was handed over to the same operator in…...
UK ratifies IMO Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (192+ words) The UK Government has ratified the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Cape Town Agreement, a major ocean treaty that seeks to protect fishers' safety at sea, advance fisheries transparency and help deter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The UK has…...
US Navy accepts delivery of final Freedom-class LCS
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (20+ words) The US Navy has accepted delivery of the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31) from Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin....
China Communications Construction places new large hopper dredger into service
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (183+ words) China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) formally placed its newest trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) into service during a ceremony on Friday, May 15. Junguang is a sister vessel of Tongjun, which was delivered to CCCC in late 2025. Both TSHDs were built by…...
US Navy commissions littoral combat ship Cleveland
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (168+ words) The US Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS) in a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, May 16. USS Cleveland is the 16th and final Freedom-class LCS to be built by Fincantieri Marinette Marine under the Lockheed Martin-led shipbuilding…...
VIDEO | Anchor handler runs aground after suffering hull breach off southeastern Brazil
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (191+ words) An anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) suffered a hull breach and was deliberately run aground in Rio de Janeiro State in southeastern Brazil on Friday, May 15. The incident occurred when the DOF-operated AHTS Skandi Amazonas struck a rock near…...
Iceland's Gjogur takes delivery of second seiner/trawler in series
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (241+ words) Icelandic fishing company Gj'gur has taken delivery of a new pelagic and demersal trawler from Danish shipbuilder Karstensens Skibsv'rft. The DNV-classed "sgr'mur Halld'rsson is also equipped for purse seining. She is a sister vessel of H'kon, which Karstensens handed over…...