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Italian and Spanish yards form joint venture for European corvette programme
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (155+ words) Italy's state-controlled shipbuilder Fincantieri and Spain's state-held Navantia signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly manage the European patrol corvette (EPC) programme, the companies said on Thursday. The shipbuilders will create a joint venture, open to other EPC partners, to…...
Construction begins on UK Royal Navy's fourth Type 31 frigate
21+ hour, 35+ min ago (178+ words) Babcock International recently held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the official start of construction of the UK Royal Navy's fourth Type 31 or Inspiration-class frigate. Like her sisters, the future HMS Bulldog will be used to conduct missions including counter-terrorism and…...
Iberdrola's bet on power grids over renewables pays off, profit up in 2025
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (376+ words) Europe's largest utility Iberdrola expects its business of building and upgrading power networks, particularly in Britain and the US, to lift earnings this year after it helped drive a 10 per cent rise in 2025 adjusted net profit. The Spanish company is…...
Spanish yard to build four support ships for Swedish Royal Navy
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (157+ words) The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration and Spain's Freire Shipyard have entered into an agreement wherein Freire will build four new support vessels for the Swedish Royal Navy. The new support ships will each have a length of 47 metres, a top…...
Security Vessel News Roundup | February 24 – Qatari missile boat, US and Australian landing ships and more
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (550+ words) Construction continues on an Italian Navy patrol ship, a Qatari Emiri Navy missile boat, and an emergency towing vessel for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. An Australian yard has secured a contract for new landing vessels for military use. Lastly,…...
VESSEL CONVERSION | AQS Merlin – Delousing boat upgraded for general firm farm support duties
1+ week, 2+ day ago (419+ words) Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has completed upgrading work on a lice treatment vessel to enable her to take on a new role as a service platform. Owned by Norwegian aquaculture services company AQS, the Lloyd's Register-classed AQS Merlin underwent the conversion…...
VESSEL REVIEW | Gavilan I – Fast boat for Spanish Tax Agency's coastal patrol and surveillance activities
1+ week, 3+ day ago (321+ words) The Spanish Tax Agency (Agencia Estatal de Administraci'n Tributaria; AEAT) recently took delivery of a new coastal patrol boat built by local company Rodman Polyships. Gavil'n I will be operated by the AEAT's maritime surveillance division on the Muros Estuary…...
VIDEO | Seven rescued after fishing vessel lists heavily off Spanish coast
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (199+ words) The crews of some Good Samaritan boats successfully rescued all seven occupants of a fishing vessel after it developed a severe list in the Atlantic Ocean off northwestern Spain on Monday, February 9. Local authorities first learned of the successful evacuation…...
Italy's Guardia di Finanza police orders four additional 44-metre patrol boats from local builder
2+ week, 1+ day ago (181+ words) The Guardia di Finanza (GdF), the Italian law enforcement agency that deals primarily with countering financial crimes and drug smuggling, has placed orders for four additional 44-metre patrol vessels to be built by local shipyard Effebi. The vessels will be…...
New rescue boat to enter service at Isle of Skye, UK
3+ week, 2+ day ago (187+ words) A new search and rescue (SAR) boat will soon enter service with the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station at Portree on the Isle of Skye. Named Peter and Mary, the all-weather SAR boat was designed and built entirely…...