#NEWBUILD WFSV - Fastnet Shipping, not to be confused with the closed ferry operator Fastnet Line, has announced the delivery of a third 14m WFSV Fastnet Skua, writes Jehan Ashmore. The WFSV (Wind farm Support Vessel) Fastnet Skua was launched this month for the Waterford based marine plant hire and…

#HYBRID BOATS – Go to any international car show these days and the buzz word is 'hybrid'. The world is on a once off transition from fossil fuel power units to electric engines and the marine industry is catching up quickly. Afloat first reported on these hybrid solar advances a…

#YACHTS – Sunseeker International, manufacturer of luxury motoryachts, today reached another landmark in its history when founder Robert Braithwaite laid the first gelcoat on the mould of the new Sunseeker 155 Yacht, due for completion in December 2013. The Sunseeker 155 Yacht is the largest build to date undertaken by…

#NEW DESIGN – The Kestrel Superyacht is a six year long life project of Irish couple Peter and Jenny Cooke, that stole the show in Antibes this week writes Richard Langdon. The all-new Kestrel 106 sailing yacht designed by world renowned Kinsale based designer Ron Holland was first seen by…

#NEWBUILD NEWS – The 20m Gardian 8 the first wind-farm support vessel (WFSV) to be built in Ireland specifically to service wind-farms off the UK was delivered last month to Ramsgate and is operating for Dalby Offshore Renewables. The high-speed aluminium catamaran craft cost £1.7m was launched at Arklow Marine…

#HYBRID – Go to any international car show these days and the buzz word is 'hybrid'. It means two engines within the car. The first engine is a gas-powered engine and the second is an electric engine. The world is on a once off transition from fossil fuel to electric…