275 alternative-fuelled ships ordered in 2022
TWO hundred seventy five ships with alternative fuels (excluding battery-operated vessels) were ordered in 2022, according to DNV’s recently published Alternative Fuels Insight...
Offshore wind crew transfer cat delivered
INCAT Crowther last month delivered a new purpose-built 32-metre catamaran CTV to Goldsea Marine & Offshore Engineering (Shanghai). The vessel, called Incat Crowther 32, will be...
Damen Maaskant to build specialist vessel for NZ company
DAMEN Maaskant and New Zealand based seafood company Sanford Limited have signed a contract for the design and build of a new scampi vessel. Both companies joined in a close...
WA Maritime Museum submarine to be painted
THE MUCH-loved HMAS Ovens submarine makeover is one step closer following the award of the contract to repair and repaint the vessel. Eptec Marine has been awarded the contract to...
Court fines drunk port worker
A DRUNK digger operator employed by Linx Cargo Care Group’s New Zealand subsidiary C3 at the Port of Otago has been sentenced and fined for working under the influence of alcohol...
NYK’s second dual fuel VLGC named
A NAMING ceremony has been held at for a new very large gas carrier that NYK is to charter to Astomos Energy Corporation. Astomos Energy executive vice-president Mitsuru Yamanaka...
Biofouling problems delay cruise ship
THE CRUISE ship Viking Orion was allowed to berth at Melbourne on Monday (2 January) after being denied permission to berth at four ports in Australia and New Zealand over more...
Maersk completes acquisition of project logistics company
MAERSK on Tuesday (3 January) announced it had completed the US$61-million acquisition of the Danish project logistics specialist Martin Bencher Group. Maersk regional managing...
Asian port calls added to liner service
BREAKBULK and project cargo specialist AAL has added calls in Thailand and Singapore to its Asia to West Coast Australia liner service (AUWC). The company said the service had...
QLD police and AMSA co-ordinate Torres Strait rescue
LATE last month the Australian Maritime Safety Authority assisted Queensland Water Police in a search for an overdue dinghy with one person on board between Getullia Island and...
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all our readers
AS 2022 draws to a close all of us here on the DCN news desk would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and a safe, happy and prosperous New Year. We hope the coming weeks...
TOP STORIES OF 2022: Portland Bay
THE Portland Bay story was one of danger, heroism and disaster averted. On the morning of Monday 4 July, the bulk carrier was in imminent danger of grounding on the rocks of the...
Construction begins on Spirit of Tasmania V
CONSTRUCTION has officially commenced on Spirit of Tasmania V in Finland. Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions began work on the vessel at a steel cutting ceremony on...
TOP STORIES OF 2022: The Svitzer industrial relations flare up
ON Monday 14 November, towage company Svitzer announced it would lock out its maritime employees indefinitely starting the following Friday. The move was after more than three...
Local contracts awarded for Spirit of Tasmania vessels
SPIRIT of Tasmania and shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions have announced three Tasmanian contracts for the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels. The local contracts will see the...
