Economic realities shape every vessel long before the first steel is cut. At Marine Log‘s Tugs, Towboats & Barges Conference (TTB) 2026, a panel titled “The Economics of Vessel Design: Tradeoffs ...

Japanese shipping major NYK Line has completed the basic design of a new long-distance subsea cable-laying vessel intended to ...

UK's Lloyd's Register has granted approval in principle for Seatransport's SLV designs integrating MMRs with diesel-electric propulsion.

Designs for future heavy-lift pipelay vessels and deepwater construction vessels are taking on increasingly shipshape characteristics, as contractors seek to increase their operational flexibility ...

Gill Schmid Design has exercised some serious twingenuity with its latest marine concept. The New York-based firm has unveiled a new ice-class explorer, with a support vessel that’s likely to turn as ...

UK-based classification society and professional advisory service Lloyd's Register has issued approval in principle to Australian ship design group Seatransport Pty Ltd for a concept of a hybrid ...

Austal has entered into an agreement with Dutch naval shipbuilder Damen to locally construct landing ship transport (LST) 100 vessels for the Australian Defence ...

UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to select a shipyard to perform the final design and assembly of the university’s new Coastal Class Research ...

The Netherlands-based maritime engineering company Conoship International recently signed a contract with China’s Mawei Shipyard for the design of Spliethoff’s two multipurpose DP2 B-type vessels. The ...