As the U.S. Coast Guard moves to rebuild its icebreaker fleet we spoke with RADM Bruce Baffer (Ret.), head of Fincantieri’s effort to win the contract to build the Polar Security Cutters.
The EU has signaled that it will join Japan in a formal World Trade Organization complaint against South Korean shipbuilding subsidies, citing the impact on European shipyards and maritime equipment manufacturers
The South Korean government will order 140 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels by 2025 and provide 1.7 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in financial aid to prop up the country’s ailing shipbuilding industry.
Belgian offshore vessel owner DEME has launched its next generation, giant new offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ in a ceremony at the COSCO Qidong shipyard in China.
Norwegian shipping magnate Kjell Inge Røkke is underwriting the construction of a new 600-foot research vessel, and she will easily be the largest ship of her type when delivered.
