The heavily fire damaged containership Maersk Honam is set to return to service under a different name having had new bow section and deck house fitted.

In a world first Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract by Carnival Cruise Line to lift cruise ship Carnival Vista out of the water onto the BOKA Vanguard and transport it to a shipyard facility for a drydocking operation.

Heavylift company AAL has introduced a new regular Europe-Far East multipurpose service with its 19,000-dwt S-Class heavylift vessels.The new service will offer regular sailings and flexible port calls between Northern Europe’s ARA range and the...

Heerema Marine Contractors and Sembcorp Marine have showcased the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), featuring dual-fuel engines and two main cranes with a combined lifting capacity of 20,000 tonnes.

BigLift Shipping and Chung Yang Shipping have agreed to join hands to commercially operate four heavy transport vessels (HTVs) that can be offered to challenging heavy transport projects.

Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has been awarded a $55m contract for the transportation of a large number of modules for a North American LNG export facility. The contract has additional options for extensions, worth up to $30m, Boskalis...

The DP World operated Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal (NSIGT) recently handled the heaviest single lift parcel at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT). The cargo consisting of two packages, each weighing 115 metric tonnes, were loaded onto MSC Maria...

Norwegian heavy lift shipowner OHT has inked a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for a semi-submersible offshore windfarm foundation installation vessel with options for three more.

Dutch specialist vessel owner Spliethoff Group has just fitted its 24th vessel with a scrubber and plans to install exhaust gas cleaning systems on 30 more vessels in its fleet.

Consolidation is happening in the heavy lift sector as well with Intermarine announcing a joint venture with Zeaborn to be called Zeamarine.