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Port of Duqm set to receive a large RoRo vessel

Muscat: The Port of Duqm will soon receive one of the world’s largest RoRo vessels.The shipment from BYD will include 1,200 vehicles of which 200 are for the Omani market and 1,000...

Port of Duqm handles 34,000 Ro-Ro units in 2026

Port of Duqm has recorded growth in its Ro-Ro operations, handling 34,024 Ro-Ro units through more than 20 vessel calls up to August 2026, according to a press release.Of the total...

Duqm Port receives one of the world's largest Ro-Ro ships

AL DUQM: The Port of Duqm received one of the world's largest Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) ships, owned by BYD, marking the first arrival of a vessel belonging to the company to the Su...

Port of Duqm handles 900 vehicles in single RoRo shipment

Muscat: The Port of Duqm recently handled over 900 vehicles in a single shipment.The port received a roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel carrying over 900 vehicles, demonstrating the sc...

Smooth Sailing

If you are a port or a shipping line in the roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) business these days, moving automobiles and high-and-heavy pieces can be both a c...

First RoRo vessel carrying over 2,000 EVs berths at Karachi Port, Junaid Anwar

MacGregor wins RoRo equipment order for TT-Line’s new hybrid ferries

MacGregor has secured an order to supply RoRo equipment for two new TT-Line battery-hybrid LNG ferries. The company signed the contracts with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard. MacG...

Deltamarin and Toepfer Transport Unveil Semi-Liner MPP Design

Deltamarin and Toepfer Transport have unveiled a new state-of-the-art Semi-Liner Multipurpose (MPP) vessel design at SMM in Hamburg. Developed as a fl...

ABB to power New Zealand’s new Cook Strait ferries

ABB has been selected to supply power, propulsion and automation systems for two new rail-enabled Ro-Pax ferries in New Zealand. The vessels, named Kupe and Cook, are part of the c...

Modern Tech Could Restore Whitewater-Capable Ferry Service

Internationally, chronic road traffic congestion is occurring at several cities that are located next to navigable waterways. There is potential to de...

Sallaum Lines Orders LNG Dual-Fuel PCTC From China

Sallaum Lines has ordered an 8,600-car equivalent unit (CEU) pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) from China Merchants Shipyard, with an option for a second vessel, expanding its newb...

Boskalis Windpiper Converted into Subsea Rock Installation Vessel

Vuyk Engineering provided the basic design for Boskalis to convert the Windpiper into a 45,000+ ton subsea rock installation vessel.Originally built for a different purpose, the Wi...

Car Carrier to Get Two Wing Sails in First Commercial Application

Wallenius Marine, a pioneer in car carriers, is pursuing its first commercial use of wind-assisted propulsion with a scheduled 2027 retrofit of the te...

Kochi Corpn. mulls hybrid ro-ro ferry for Vypeen–Fort Kochi amid noise complaints

Med Marine's Latest RAmparts 2500-W Tugboat Takes to the Water

MED MARINE has launched a new RAmparts 2500-W tugboat from the slipways of EREGLI SHIPYARD, bringing another vessel built for its own fleet one step c...

KfW IPEX-Bank finances next-generation bulk carriers

KfW IPEX-Bank will provide €79.3 million to finance two next-generation self-unloading bulk carriers for the transportation of construction materials. The vessels will serve Europe...

Marine works begin at Immingham eastern ro-ro terminal

The Immingham Eastern Ro-Ro Terminal, a joint investment by Associated British Ports and Stena Line at the Port of Immingham, has reached a significant construction milestone with...

KRATT: A Biomethane-Fueled, Ice-Class Workboat

Estonia has taken delivery of a new 38-meter multipurpose workboat that combines compressed biomethane and battery-electric propulsion with research, buoy-handling, pollution-respo...

Carrier flips backhaul cargo challenge to ‘disrupt’ MPV sector

Treating project cargoes as a return cargo bucks traditional breakbulk shipping strategy, but G2 Ocean is looking to provide a unique solution to the backhaul dilemma.

Duqm emerges as regional vehicle distribution hub

MUSCAT, SEPT 5The Port of Duqm is emerging as a major vehicle distribution hub for the GCC, with increasing numbers of Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessels arriving with thousands of v...

Smyril Line takes delivery of new Ro-Ro vessel Skipanes

Smyril Line has taken delivery of its new Ro-Ro freight vessel Skipanes. The Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles delivered the vessel to Smyril Line at its shipyard in Yantai, China....

Panstar purchases box ship for NSR maiden voyage

South Korean ferry operator Panstar Line has purchased a containership from HMM for its maiden voyage through the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Panstar took delivery of the 2011-built...

Video: Greek Ferry and RoRo Cargo Ship Collide at Chania Port in Crete

The authorities in Crete, along with the Hellenic Coast Guard, are investigating the circumstances of a collision between a ferry and a RoRo cargo shi...

MacGregor Secures DNV Certification for Floating-to-Floating Personnel Transfers

MacGregor has received DNV certification for floating-to-floating (F2F) personnel transfers using its Horizon gangway following a sea acceptance test. For F2F operations, the gangw...