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THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

ABB has been awarded a first contract for the retrofit of its Azipod® units to a naval vessel. Navantia, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, awarded a contract to retrofit the Spanish Navy flagship, Juan Carlos I, with an…

2nd May 2023

Navantia contract marks first Azipod naval retrofit order

2nd May 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

As a decision on a shipbuilder for the new H2 ferries for Torghatten Nord nears, The Norwegian Ship Design Company claims their ground-breaking design heralds the dawn of shipping’s zero-emissions era.

2nd May 2023

Torghattan Nord’s H2 Ferries Mark Shipping’s New Dawn

2nd May 2023

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Amid surging demand for LNG from end-user markets, finding ways to reduce vessel downtime and support LNG tanker crews – especially when it comes to safety - are now more critical than…

2nd May 2023

Effective safety management through remote monitoring of inert gas systems

2nd May 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Dr. Pierluigi Busetto of Trieste-based naval architects Navalprogetti s.r.l. discusses the progress of a retrofittable liquid hydrogen (LH2) container-based system in an interview with The Motorship

2nd May 2023

Viking LH2 fuel cell project advances

2nd May 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Australian lightweight shipbuilding technology has a new reference in the Nordic market by way of the 37-knot catamaran ro-pax ferry Express 5. Although not the longest vessel delivered to date by Austal, the…

2nd May 2023

Austal Sets New Record With Danish Ferry

2nd May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Edda Wind has contracted MacGregor to equip the eighth service vessel in a row for the Østensjø Group operation.

28th April 2023

MacGregor equips eighth offshore wind service vessel

28th April 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seven members of the European Union along with Norway and the UK announced ambitious plans at the Belgian port of Ostend to increase offshore wind capacity in the North Sea to ‘at…

27th April 2023

North Sea partners commit to rapid expansion of offshore wind capacity

27th April 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Tentative EU Commission proposals to promote greater circularity in the EU’s shipping market may explain reluctance to expand the list of non-EU yards on the EU SRR proposals, but capacity constraints and…

27th April 2023

EU SRR: just one small problem…

27th April 2023

METHANOL

METHANOL

Proman Stena Bulk has formally named its third newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900dwt tanker, Stena Promise, in a ceremony hosted in the port of Rotterdam on 26 April. 

27th April 2023

Naming ceremony for methanol-fuelled Stena Promise in the Port of Rotterdam

27th April 2023

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Kongsberg Digital is relaunching its application for vessel and fleet optimisation, Vessel Performance, for offshore vessel operations. The data-driven solution now provides even more accessible onboard and onshore decision support, enabling significant…

27th April 2023

Kongsberg relaunches Vessel Performance app

27th April 2023