German propulsion and steering specialist, Schottel, has provided the propulsion for a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) built at Royal IHC’s Chinese partner yard COSCO Guangdong Shipyard....

MAN Energy Solutions will perform shop tests in Q3 2019 on Mark 10 versions of its G-type 700mm- and 950mm-bore engines, the G70ME-C10.5 and the G95ME-C10.5, and the S-type 700mm bore S70ME-C10.5....

Ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement with Norsepower Oy to install Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution on board a hybrid passenger ferry....

The maritime sales team of RENK’s Rheine plant has won its first new construction project for its MARHY maritime hybrid system....

Energy management company, Nidec ASI, has developed and installed its Power Management System on a mega yacht, optimising power management on the vessel and distributing it between the staterooms, propulsive system and recharging of batteries....

Europe added 4.9GW of new wind energy capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures released by WindEurope....

A European research project to advance ship design and production processes has been completed....

The Rolls-Royce Power Systems business unit, with its core brand MTU, will present itself more clearly in future as an integral part of the British Rolls-Royce engineering group....

Jotun will provide its Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) anti-fouling coating system for 42 vessels in Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s ro-ro fleet....

The maritime industry is currently trying to make sense of clashing emission requirements, writes Stevie Knight...

Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding Co. Ltd and Kawasaki Kishen Kaisa (K-Line) have received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV GL for a 250,000 dwt VLOC design concept capable of using LNG as fuel....

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA.) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS.) have reintroduced the ‘Energizing American Shipbuilding Act’ seeking to invigorate America’s shipbuilding and maritime industries by requiring that increasing percentages of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil exports be transported on US-built, flagged, and crewed vessels....

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....

US-based Ecochlor has won a contract to supply seven Euronav Suezmax and VLCC tankers with a ballast water management system (BWMS)....

French UV-based treatment company, BIO-UV Group, has secured a contract to retrofit a BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system (BWTS) to a 28,890 tonne cruise ship....

Turkish Shipowners Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) Group has signed a fleet agreement, valued at SEK210 million (USD22.2 million), for Alfa Laval to supply PureBallast 3 systems to around 228 vessels on behalf of the group’s members....

A ballast water management system (BWMS) manufactured by DESMI Ocean Guard has received amended US Coast Guard (USCG) type approval with just two hours minimum hold time restriction in US waters....

Evac’s Evac Evolution has become the latest system to be type approved under revised IMO guidelines....

Desmi Ocean Guard, the ballast water management system (BWMS) supplier, has signed a frame agreements with Sea Trade, a France-based tanker operator, for the installation of the CompactClean solution on its fleet of vessels....