ZF will be introducing customers to its new Condition Monitoring System at Maritime Industry, an exhibition to be held in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, from May 7-9, 2019....

The first installation of the Wärtsilä WXJ series of modular waterjets will be carried out on a new 100m long wave-piercing catamaran ferry being built for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago at the Incat shipyard in Tasmania, Australia....

Fischer Panda has extended its product range to include high voltage propulsion systems offering powers up to 100kW writes Dag Pike....

The world’s first Electronic Bus Link (EBL) from Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch has been successfully commissioned on ‘North Sea Giant’....

Wärtsilä is to overhaul its light weight modular waterjet range, introducing a new axial pump design, which will boost performance by increasing thrust by as much as 3%. The upgraded design also features improved cavitation margins, which will lower noise levels....

Carnival Corporation’s ultra-luxury brand Seabourn has selected ABB to provide an integrated power and propulsion package for two ultra-luxury expedition newbuildings....

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced plans to spend an additional US$60 million (KRW70bn) to support local shipyards on 24 April, as well as extending the scope of the existing refund guarantee scheme....

Satellite comms company, Inmarsat, and maritime software company, NAPA, have signed an agreement to enable ship owners and ship managers to access and analyse real-time onboard data through a dedicated application hosted on Inmarsat’s new Fleet Data IoT service....

Classification society, ABS, and representatives from the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) are joining forces to develop recommendations aimed at helping mitigate risks posed from the stowage of dangerous goods on container ships....

A new, state-of-the-art, purpose built maritime simulation centre is being constructed near Portsmouth, UK for launch this July....

Ship operators Wallenius and Swedish Orient Line have established a new Swedish shipping company, Wallenius SOL, focused on transporting wood pulp and other forestry products between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea....

Fincantieri has acquired a majority stake in Insis, as part of a drive to increase its activities in high technological content sectors....

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....

Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 has received an updated type approval from the US Coast Guard (USCG) which makes it possible for vessels to deballast in United States waters with a holding time of just 2.5 hours....

Techcross, the Korean manufacturer of ballast water management system (BWMS), has completed testing for US Coast Guard (USCG) type approval of its indirect electrolysis BWMS method, ECS-Hychlor. It plans to apply for type approval in June 2019....

Denmark-based ferry company DFDS has signed an agreement to retrofit its existing fleet of vessels with Denmark-based DESMI’s UV CompactClean ballast water management system (BWMS)....

The Montpellier-based ultraviolet water treatment company BIO-UV Group has signed a contract to supply its BIO-SEA ballast water treatment (BWT) system for installation aboard two MSC Cruises’ Worldclass cruiseships currently under construction at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard at St. Nazaire, France....

Oslo-based ship management company Bulkship Management AS has chosen Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 to supply ballast water treatment (BWT) systems to its entire fleet. The comprehensive fleet agreement includes commissioning and training, as well as 30 PureBallast 3 Compact Flex systems....

Greece-based ship operator Eletson Corporation has selected technology group Wärtsilä to supply ballast water management systems (BWMS) to its entire fleet....