General News

Maritime software company, NAPA, has become the first service provider for ClassNK-owned Ship Data Center’s Internet of Ships Open Platform (ShipDC IoS-OP), providing performance analytics and voyage optimisation capabilities.

Bureau Veritas has released a new digital tool to support classification and statutory surveys and audits.

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has been awarded recognised organisation (RO) status by the Italian flag administration and is now authorised to issue statutory certification on its behalf to all seagoing ships sailing under…

A new international standard contract governing the services provided during offshore decommissioning has been developed by BIMCO and will be published at the end of June 2019. The contract is to provide…

An appeal for concerted co-operation to prevent Asian and particularly Chinese penetration of high-end European ship production has come from German shipbuilders, writes Tom Todd.

Global marine solutions and systems integration firm, Høglund, has announced plans to expand its range of solutions for the battery and hybrid sectors.

Chinese ship designer MARIC, a subsidiary of CSSC, announced that it had won the tender to design an 80,000 dwt semisubmersible vessel specialised for salvage recovery on 30 April.

The International Council on Combustion Engines (CIMAC) has called for a technologically-neutral global legal framework to help support development of the technical solutions needed for shipping to reach the IMO’s target to…