WinGD has appointed two new training partners in a bid to provide easier access to high quality training for ship operators and crews....

A new research project led by ABB at SINTEF Ocean’s laboratory in Trondheim will study the use of fuel cells in commercial and passenger ship propulsion, as well as the handling of hydrogen fuel....

Schottel has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards to equip the first fully-electric vessels to operate in Canada....

Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine will provide LNG power and propulsion for four Ro-Pax cruise ferries of Havyard 923 design ordered by Havila Kystruten and due to be built by Spain’s Astillero Hijos de J. Barreras shipyard and Turkey’s Tersan yard....

Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd (WinGD) is establishing an engineering centre in Shanghai with China Shipbuilding Power Engineering Institute Co. Ltd (CSPI) in order to increase its technical capacities by 20%....

Global technology company, ABB, has won its first marine automation system contract for a cruise ferry in China....

Singapore-based China Navigation Company (CNCo) is linking with academia for research into a cost-effective vessel concept with a low carbon footprint suited to the South Pacific island economies, writes David Tinsley....

‘One size fits all’ will no longer suffice as shipping seeks rapid emissions reductions and energy efficiency gains, according to speakers at The Motorship’s Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference....

ClassNK and TÜV Rheinland have signed a partnership agreement which will see the parties collaborate in jointly developing and delivering a cybersecurity certification scheme for the maritime industry....

A new technical co-operation focused on supporting sea trials and commercial production of wind and solar power system for ships....

A collaborative project is using what it calls the first 3D design review process which integrates ship design and classification verification, eliminating need for 2D drawings...

MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to design and deliver an LNG regasification terminal for the Forchem company in Rauma....

Korean shipbuilder, STX, has been given approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for a new 50k dwt MR tanker design capable of using LNG....

On the third in-service anniversary of MAN Energy Solutions’ ME-GI dual-fuel, two-stroke marine engine, US ship owner and pioneering engine user Tote Inc reflects on an LNG landmark....

A new research project by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), OceanFinance and Scorpius Space Launch Company (SSLC) is aiming to adapt space industry materials to LNG shipping....

What has been called the largest ever high-speed catamaran built to operate on LNG fuel will feature a fully integrated scope of supply from Wärtsilä....

Brittany Ferries is set to break new technical ground in the cross-Channel market next year through the introduction of a 42,400gt ro-pax vessel incorporating electrical propulsion and LNG dual-fuel machinery, writes David Tinsley....

The ERMA FIRST BWTS FIT system has obtained a new type of USCG type approval which allows it to use a Filtrex filter....

The Evac Evolution ballast water management system (BWMS), designed and manufactured by Cathelco, has moved one step closer to US Coast Guard Type Approval....

Wärtsilä’s Aquarius UV Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has successfully completed all the required testing procedures and has now been submitted for US Coastguard (USCG) Type Approval....

TeamTec AS and Kurita Water Industries Ltd have signed a cooperation agreement for the distribution of Kurita Ballast Water Management System (BWMS)....

Ballast water treatment supplier Optimarin has consolidated its relationship with Höegh Autoliners by securing a new agreement for ten retrofitted BWT systems....

Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) portable FastBallast compliance monitor has been selected by the Canadian government for trials in a four-month ballast water monitoring programme at the Great Lakes....