General News

Becker Marine Systems reports that its subsidiary Hybrid Port Energy of Hamburg has awarded a building contract to Shipbuilding and Machinery of Komárno, Slovakia to build what it describes as “the world’s…

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ retrofit team is to provide a propeller upgrade for a 105,000dwt crude oil carrier owned by Great Eastern Shipping Company (GESCO) of Mumbai, India.

Wärtsilä is introducing two new auxiliary engine and generator packages, the Auxpac 16 and the Auxpac 32.

Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has signed a contract with Japanese ferry operator Sado Kisen for the construction of a new 85m wave piercing catamaran.

Alewijnse Marine Systems is to install full electrics for Damen’s new cable layer, currently under construction for contractor, Van Oord.

Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri says that it has signed an order with Norway’s Institute for Marine Research to build a new icebreaking polar research vessel.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order from Carnival Cruises to supply five 48/60CR engines for its next generation cruise ship.

Today, Wärtsilä is opening its new test facility for future propulsion products and technology.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has opened the 28th session of the Assembly which will run until 4 December at IMO headquarters.

Germanys Klüber Lubrication’s Klüberbio EG 2 gear oil for thrusters and RM 2 stern tube oil now carry the European Ecolabel, signifying compliance with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s 2013 Vessel General…

The Ferus Smit Shipyard in Leer, north Germany, was on Tuesday still “fine-tuning” the engineering details for six 10,500dwt ECOBOX newbuildings, according to the shipowner who has ordered them, reports Tom Todd.

Safetec is opening a new Competence Centre in Bergen, Norway, which will provide education and training for organisations based on ABS Group and Safetec’s experience in the onshore and offshore sector.

Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSB) has received its seventh LNG carrier drydocking contract for maintenance and repair of the ‘Bachir Chihani’.

Marine lubricant provider Total Lubmarine has added another supply vessel to its fleet, with the recent inauguration of the ‘Atlantic Energy’ in Rotterdam.

Cargotec’s MacGregor has won a contract to deliver a 250 tonne SWL active heave compensated (AHC) subsea crane for the construction vessel Island Intervention.

ABB is to supply waste heat recovery systems (WHRS) for 14 new 8,800 teu container vessels as part of two orders worth US$23m.