General News

Rolls-Royce’s design and integrated ship equipment is proving popular as the company secures two separate orders worth a total of £25.5m.

Blohm + Voss Repair in Hamburg has signed a letter of intent with Scandlines to convert and complete the two controversial ferry newbuildings Berlin and Copenhagen, writes Tom Todd.

ExxonMobil Marine Fuels and Lubricants is doubling its fleet of chartered bunker tankers that feature Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)-approved mass flow metering systems – a result of demand from Singapore marine…

German Dry Docks says that it is expecting the ‘Ramform Challenger’, a seismic ship owned by Norwegian company PGS, at its Bremerhaven yard for repair and upgrade work.

DNV GL is supporting business growth in South China with the opening of a new office in Guangzhou.

A pioneering venture from International Paints promises to provide an additional revenue source in the current difficult shipping market, and offers potential to smash the barriers that make investment in environmental technology…

A leading Bulgarian bank has acquired the assets of local shipbuilding and repair yard Bourgas Shipyards, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

MAN Diesel & Turbo in Denmark has told The Motorship that it has been working on optimising the design of its fuel atomisers, starting with those for some designs of S50MC/MC-C engines.

Netherlands-based De Hoop has launched its latest multipurpose offshore vessel, ‘Deep Helder’, destined for Norways DeepOcean BV.

Three German shipowners have teamed up to develop and order six of a new type of multi-purpose ship in China, which they say could be the most efficient ship of its kind…

Monaco-based Compagnie Maritime Monégasque SAM (CMM) has received its first Damn platform supply vessel (PSV) 3300, ‘CMM Gravity’.

The Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) has repeated the call from one of its member companies for proper enforcement of the upcoming ECA sulphur limits.

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has christened its latest vessel, an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) SPA80, at its Zhejiang Shipyard.

Receiver Berthold Brinkmann and Nordic Yards have welcomed a decision by German state authorities to sell the bankrupt shipyard Volkswerft to Nordic Yards as of June 1st, reports Tom Todd.

A prominent Danish shipowner says that regulators must do more to ensure compliance with the 0.1% fuel sulphur content which will be mandatory in ECAs from January 2015.

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is to build an icebreaking supply vessel for Russia’s Sovcomflot as part of a €100m contract.

The Dutch Damen Shipyards group has submitted the sole bid in the tender to acquire a 61.57% stake in Montenegro’s Bijela shipyard, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.