General News

After being fitted with a MAN B&W 6S70ME-C type prime mover and three MAN 7L23/30H auxiliary engines, Suezmax tanker, ‘Zumbi dos Palmares’, has been delivered to Brazilian hydrocarbon transportation company, Transpetro.

International advanced motor, drive and control technologies supplier, GE Power Conversion, has been chosen by China’s Dalian Shipyard to supply the complete drive and automation system for its Goliath crane.

Global power expert, Cummins Marine, has supplied three Cummins KTA38-M3 HD engines to power the first of two crewboats newly built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard in China.

Global power and automation group, ABB, has won a US$12m contract to power a new deepwater pipe laying vessel being built in Singapore.

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has bagged a contract to build a 33,000gt construction and pipe-laying vessel for delivery to London-based CEONA, reports Tom Todd.

A fire broke out onboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the Grandeur of the Seas, yesterday, which put paid to over 2,000 holidaymakers’ holidays.

The joint venture owned by Wärtsilä and Yuchai Marine Power Co Ltd, Wärtsilä Yuchai Engine Co Ltd, has begun construction of its new production facilities in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province of China.

A joint three-year research and development project has been inaugurated between Hamburg University of Technology, Mareval AG Hamburg and HeavyLift@Sea.

A new three year European Research Project, CASCADe (model based Cooperative and Adaptive Ship based Context Award Design), has been launched to help increase safety onboard vessels.

The German shipbuilding industry has criticised an “enormously damaging” recommendation at the IMO to delay the introduction of stricter emission limits, saying it jeopardises efforts to develop eco-friendly and economic ships and…

There’s a new green technology partnership in Japan – Eco Marine Power (EMP) has teamed up with KEI System Ltd to launch a new system capable of monitoring and controlling eco power…

Gibralta ship repair yard Gibdock has completed a refit of the seismic vessel ‘WG Cook’ for WesternGeco, a contract said to reflect the yard’s growing ability to attract return customers in the…

US shipbuilder, LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, and fellow US offshore transport service provider, Hornbeck Offshore Services, have signed a contract to collaborate on a new build programme.

A sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ro-ro and ro-pax vessels has been agreed by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee – which shipping association Interferry is hailing as a…

While the Dutch shipbuilding industry faced a challenging 2012, with a decrease in output and the amount of new orders placed, Holland Shipbuilding Association (HBA) says results should improve in 2013.

Wärtsilä has received Final Approval from the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Aquarius EC ballast water management system (BWMS).

CAE and marine system simulation developer ITI’s interdisciplinary simulation software, SimulationX, has received Germanischer Lloyd (GL) type approval.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has signed a contract to supply four MAN B&W G60ME-C engines for four 113,000-dwt Long Range 2 (LR2) product tankers being built by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding for…

The UK’s marine safety systems provider, Martek Marine, has advised shipping companies to carry an adequate number of maintained and certified gas detectors to avoid potential corporate manslaughter charges.

International ship designer, Ulstein Verft, has delivered the fourth of six medium sized platform supply vessels (PSVs) of the PX121 series to Blue Ship Invest, a wholly owned company in the Ulstein…

UK/French short sea ferry company Brittany Ferries is in a quandary – it’s starting a new Fastcat service from Portsmouth to Le Havre this week, but this could be unsustainable if fuel…

The UK Chamber of Shipping and leading wildlife conservation and animal welfare charities are calling on the UK Government and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to review the legal discharge status of…