May 1 - Effective May 13, ro-ro shipping line Transfennica Iberia will extend its Bilbao - Zeebrugge service with the addition of twice-weekly direct calls to Portsmouth.
Tuesday and Friday evening sailings from Bilbao will call at Portsmouth on Thursday at 06:00 and on Sundays at 07:00.
Transfennica says that its ro-ro vessels will accept all types of rolling cargo, trailers, special transport units, industrial machinery, breakbulk cargo, mafi trailers, as well as containers.
Energy and marine consultants ABL has opened an office in Constanta, Romania, to support the Black Sea region’s offshore energy and maritime markets.
DEME’s offshore installation vessel Orion has completed monopile installation works at Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm.
Finland’s Meriaura has signed contracts with the Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes for two EcoTrader cargo ships. The vessels will be built in the Netherlands and will be delivered in January and December 2026, respectively.
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has transported offshore template structures for Subsea7 using its CO2 emissions reducing Eco Voy-transport concept.
Japanese shipping group MOL has placed an order with Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering for the construction of an open deck carrier vessel, designed primarily for the transport of offshore wind energy components.
CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping will add two more heavy transport vessels (HTV) to their joint fleet, bringing the number of open deck carriers in their roster to six.
