General News

IMO’s Working Group on the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazards of Chemicals (ESPH 19), meeting at IMO Headquarters from 21 to 25 October, has agreed to classify high-viscosity PIB (Polyisobutylene) as…

The IMO has announced a new formal group of organisations that will be involved in testing for the certification of ballast water.

Marin Teknikk has designed a new subsea support and construction vessel for Oceaneering International which it says is a solid contribution to its order book.

Portsmouth Business School in the UK is looking to work with shipowners and companies involved in voyage optimisation or similar software to bring a ‘green shipping’ project to fruition.

A new ship-breaking yard is to be established in Gdynia, Poland, at the SMW Naval Shipyard site in Gdynia, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

Nautical Control Solutions (NCS) has taken on a new distributor to sell the FuelTrax management system to the expanding OSV market in Southeast Asia.

Transas Marine says it has has installed a full mission engine room simulator at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore.

Hamburg-based Becker Marine Systems has announced a very good order intake during the past months, despite the current financial situation.

Vard Holdings Limited, formerly STX Offshore, is reorganising its engineering division in Romania with a series of transfers and de-registration.

Wärtsilä will retrofit its open loop scrubber systems on three more Color Line cruise vessels helping to confirm its leading position in the scrubber market.

Ulstein of Norway says that Brazilian shipowning company Oceana Offshore is to build two PX105 design PSVs at its new yard in Itajai, Brazil.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Engine Company of Japan has announced that it is developing an electro-assist MET hybrid turbocharger, intended to save around 30% of electrical power compared to conventional…

Maersk’s recently launched largest and most efficient container ship is using ABB pressure transducers to optimise the performance of its diesel engines.

Ferry operator AG Ems has signed a contract with the Fassmer Shipyard for Germany’s first combined passenger and cargo ferry with LNG propulsion, reports Tom Todd.

Wärtsilä is to supply its 50DF dual-fuel engines and propulsion systems for two LNG carriers being built at Chinese shipyards.

Cargotec has announced an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes, of 250t and 15t capacity, from an unnamed Turkish shipyard.

Colfax Fluid Handling has added an Active Valve Control option to its Smart Technology CM-1000 series sea water cooling system controller.

Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) is offering a new series of custom engineered compressors for the offshore industry.