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ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Wärtsilä was one of the founding members of an international coalition dedicated to accelerating the energy transition in the transport and logistics industries.

6th July 2020

Wärtsilä brings marine expertise to French energy transition consortium

6th July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The Van Aalst Group has set up Nortek Services in Kristiansand, Norway to provide maintenance and workshop services for clients operating worldwide in the offshore oil, gas, marine and renewables industry.

6th July 2020

Van Aalst Group launches Nortek Services

6th July 2020

LNG

LNG

Gaztransport & Technigaz’s (GTT) Mark III membrane containment technology will be used to equip five new LNG carriers being built by Russian shipyard Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex. The deal closely follows the announcement…

6th July 2020

GTT technology for five new ARC7 LNGCs

6th July 2020

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Berg Propulsion will invest in the centralisation of all manufacturing operations for controllable pitch propellers, azimuthing and transverse thrusters, and associated control systems to a single campus location in Sweden.

6th July 2020

Berg moves manufacturing to single location

6th July 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A €175 million emergency cash injection from banks and guarantors could keep German shipbuilder MV Werften afloat and preserve jobs until Berlin pandemic crisis assistance starts in the autumn, writes Germany correspondent…

6th July 2020

Troubled German yard group gets cash

6th July 2020

OTHER EQUIPMENT

OTHER EQUIPMENT

An American company Infinitum is seeking to develop a 250kW version of a new concept of electric motor, which could be used in the marine market, writes Dag Pike.

6th July 2020

US company seeks to scale up super-compact pancake motor to 250kW

6th July 2020

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

THRUSTERS & PROPULSORS

Brunvoll has won a large contract for thrusters from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea. The Norwegian propulsion specialist also noted that it had extended its product portfolio in 2020.

3rd July 2020

Brunvoll receives thruster order for DP2 shuttle tankers

3rd July 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shipyard Royal Niestern Sander has selected Pon Power to provide a diesel-electric propulsion package for the worlds first shallow draft ice-breaking vessel. The scope of the propulsion package includes the main engines…

3rd July 2020

Cat propulsion package for shallow draft ice-breaking walk-to-work vessel

3rd July 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Damen Shipyards Group has successfully concluded keel laying for the Crane Barge 7532 that is going to be delivered in Panama, following award of tender in August last year.

3rd July 2020

Damen completes keel laying for crane barge

3rd July 2020

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

MONITORING, CONTROL & DIGITALISATION

Silverstream Technologies, in collaboration with the University of Southampton, has been awarded an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant to advance machine learning in the maritime sector.

3rd July 2020

Grant to advance AI in UK maritime sector

3rd July 2020