Stena’s founder, ship-owner, entrepreneur and family man, Sten Allan Olsson has passed away at the age of 96 years old. He leaves behind his children Madeleine, Dan, Stefan and Christofer and their families. Sten A Olsson was one of Sweden’s greatest entrepreneurs of all time. He was born in 1916 … [Read more...]
Scandlines and STX Finland Sign MoU
Scandlines and STX Finland Oy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Letter of Intent (LOI)) today for the construction of two new ferries for the route Rostock (Germany) Gedser (Denmark) to be delivered in spring 2015. The new project brings STX Finland and the associated subcontractors’ … [Read more...]
MyFerryLink awarded €10 million
The uncertainty surrounding the funding of the employee partnership which operates the MyFerryLink cross Channel service has largely been removed with the announcement of a settlement between the company and the SeaFrance liquidator. On 23 January, at a hearing of the Tribunal de Commerce in … [Read more...]
Austal welcomes high powered defence delegation
Austal recently welcomed a high profile defence delegation, including the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Defence, to its Western Australian facility. The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, the UK Secretary of State for Defence, was accompanied by Australia’s Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen … [Read more...]
Major upgrade for the port of Cairnryan
Work has commenced this week on a major construction project to provide the P&O Ferries Division-owned Port of Cairnryan with new facilities to support its ferry operations on the Irish Sea. Civil engineering contractors McLaughlin & Harvey have been appointed to provide a new … [Read more...]
New Austal manager brings defence experience
Austal has appointed Graham Backhouse to the position of General Manager of its Henderson Shipyard Operations (HSO) in Australia. Austal’s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Bellamy, said Mr Backhouse would bring considerable value to the operation, which is now focussed on the design and manufacture … [Read more...]
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