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Wärtsilä has received an order from Hyundai Heavy Industries of Korea to supply four sets of Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines to power a series of 155,000 m3 dual-fuel-electric LNG carriers, with an…

Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with Volstad Maritime AS, Alesund, Norway for outfitting of one ROV Survey/Supply vessel at Aker Langsten. The contract is…

Bourbon Offshore Norway AS has, through the company Bourbon Ships AS, exercised an option to build an ULSTEIN P105 supply vessel at Ulstein Verft AS. The new contract is worth around NOK…

Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine and Machinery Division (HHI EMD), withco-operation from Kongsberg Maritime, has completed the 'shop test' of its first Man B&W ME engine with the first ever installed AutoChief C20.…

Two Norwegian yards in the Aker Yards group have clinched orders for offshore vessels. The first contract involves Aker Promar which has been awarded a contract worth approximately $45 million by NorSkan…

ABS has become the first classification society accepted into membership to the Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators (SIGTTO). A not-for-profit international organization established in 1979, SIGTTO?s mission is to…

With the goal of strengthening its presence in the Gulf of Mexico, AMFELS was renamed on Monday to Keppel AmFELS, an action that officials hope will allow the company to participate more…

South Africa recently christened the first of four new environmental protection vessels, the Lilian Ngoyi, in Cape Town harbour. The ceremony took place on board the 47-metre patrol ship which was built…

Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has taken delivery of its 10th vessel. Named LNG Akwa Ibom,,the newbuilding is the first of four vessels ordered…

With the threat of ECDIS becoming a mandatory fit on SOLAS vessels and probably the next major purchase for shipowners retrofitting equipment on the bridge, Lilley & Gillie, the UK-based manufacturer of…