Technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a comprehensive package of solutions for two new vessels being built for the Netherlands-based shipping company Spliethoff....

ABS and Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) are to work together to research lithium battery propulsion for next generation vessels....

Technology group Wärtsilä and Silverstream Technologies have signed a licence and co-operation agreement for future sales and servicing of the Silverstream air lubrication system....

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) is to enter into a collaboration agreement covering research into condition-based monitoring (CBM) with ClassNK, Nippon Yushi Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and NYK’s research institute, Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI)....

Following the latest deliveries of Schottel Rudder EcoPellers for Norwegian ferries, the azimuth thruster has now entered the tanker segment to enable maximum manoeuvrability....

Winterthur-based engine designer WinGD has won an order from Taiwan-based Evergreen to equip their new ultra large containerships with 11X92-B two-stroke engines....

Mediterranean countries have agreed on a road map for the designation of the Mediterranean Sea as an emission control area (ECA) for sulphur emissions at the 21st conference of parties of the Barcelona Convention in Naples....

BIMCO’s documentary committee has agreed to carry out a major revision of the dispute resolution clause with the aim to shorten and simplify what has become BIMCO’s longest standard clause....

The Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA), Corvus and class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) have issued circulars to shipowners and operators alerting them to hazards associated with lithium battery systems following a battery room fire on a passenger ferry in Norway in October....

Ian C Evans, Principal Electrical Engineer, Harmonic Solutions Marine examines some of the issues associated with poor power quality found on vessels today....

Tokyo-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines have announced that DNV GL has given approval in principle (AIP) to MOL and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for their bow windshield designed for ultra-large container carriers....

Gasum is acquiring AGA’s Clean Energy business and Nauticor’s Marine Bunkering business from their current owner, Linde AG....

Golar LNG subsidiary Gimi MS Corporation has received a US$700m underwritten financing commitment for the FLNG Gimi vessel, to be used in the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project....

GTT has received an order notification from Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, for the design of an LNG fuel tank as part of the full retrofit of Hapag-Lloyd’s 15,000 teu capacity 'MV SAJIR' container ship....

DNV GL and Singapore shipyard Keppel Offshore & Marine's technology subsidiary have signed a framework agreement to promote the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel within the maritime and offshore industry....

Louisiana-based Harvey Gulf International Marine is undertaking the first hybrid retrofit on the 'Harvey Energy', the first LNG-fuelled platform supply vessel (PSV) in the Americas. Technology group Wärtsilä has received an order to supply an energy storage solution as part of the hybrid retrofit. The order was booked in April 2019....

Technology group Wärtsilä’s integrated propulsion and cargo handling solution has been selected for a new 30,000 cbm LNG vessel under construction at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in South Korea. The Wärtsilä solutions will ensure effective interfacing between the vessel’s propulsion, onboard auxiliary power generation, and cargo control processes....

A Hamburg-based waste oil and water service supplier is offering a mobile ballast water treatment system service to customers at the Port of Hamburg. The service, which features a Damen InvaSave 300 system, is equally suitable for inbound and outbound vessels. It is being offered to ship operators needing to comply with the latest ballast...

Danish ballast water treatment system manufacturer, Bawat, has been granted IMO Type Approval for its technology that uses only a ship’s own waste heat to kill off invasive species....

The US Coastguard awarded type approval to Beijing-based COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co. for its Blue Ocean Shield (BOS) ballast water management system (BWMS) on 7 September....

In a bid to expand its ballast water treatment systems to land-based operation, Korean-based Techcross has acquired former LG Electronics' subsidiaries, LG Hitachi Water Solutions and HiEntech....

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) for four bunkering ocean tanker vessels operated by Doorae Shipping, the first ever BWMS retrofit contract signed by Wärtsilä in Korea....

Damen Green Solutions' mobile ballast water treatment system has demonstrated its capability to help ships meet the International Maritime Organisation's D2 standard which came into force on 8 September....