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Crystal Cruises has announced its intention to build a third cruise ship, similar in character and size to its two existing ships, the 48,621g, 950 passenger Crystal Harmony, built by Mitsubishi Heavy…

Japanese shipyards received another blow at the end of February when Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) chose to order a series of five 6,200 TEU post-panamax container ships from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI)…

Dredging and Maritime Management, a subsidiary of the Jan De Nul Group of Companies in Belgium, has ordered the construction of a new trailing suction hopper dredger at AESA?s Sestao shipyard.With a…

Operators wanting ?smokeless? medium-speed diesel engines, can have them now, says MAN B&W. Its 48/60IS and 58/64IS (Invisible Smoke) engines uses 15% water mixed into the fuel to reduce smoke emissions to…

Wartsila NSD has secured its first order for a Sulzer RT-flex ?intelligent? engine from Hyundai Mipo. The 6RT-flex58T-B will be built at Hyundai, with the RT-flex parts being delivered directly from Wartsila…

MAN B&W has added cylinder liners to the list of NOx-effecting items on its MC engines. In effect this means that operators will only be able to purchase replacement liners from the…

GE Marine has secured an order for four LM2500 gas turbines from Fincantieri as part of the power system for a series of cruise ships for Holland America Line. Each 84,000g vessel…

German engineering conglomerate MAN (parent company of MAN B&W) has bought Alstom Engines which comprises the UK-based manufacturers Ruston, Paxman and Mirrlees Blackstone. In general the UK-produced range fits well between the…

British Gypsum has had its glass-reinforced gypsum boards listed in the Lloyds Register. Gyproc Multi-Board and Glasroc `S` have both been listed as suitable for marine use due to their non-combustibility. These…

Hansson Pyrotech now offers its entire range of Ikaros distress signals with an additional year`s official shelf life, bringing to four years the period of MCA current validation. The four-year dating is…