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Fincantieri and Genoa Universitys Polytechnic School are jointly behind the Innovation Challenge scheme, described as an invitation to tender aimed at selecting projects in the field of shipbuilding technology innovation for subsequent…

Alfa Laval has confirmed that it has received orders for eight further shipsets of PureSOx exhaust gas scrubber equipment from Danish shipping company DFDS.

The Eastern Shipbuilding Group has entered into a license agreement with SENER to use the FORAN CAD/CAM system for its newbuilds.

The salvage of the Costa Concordia is underway today in what has been described as the largest and most expensive salvage operation ever undertaken.

Havyard Ship Technology’s shipyard in Leirvik in Norway has won a contract for a major conversion of the subsea vessel ‘Havila Phoenix’.

ECO-Assistant, the trim optimisation tool from Germanischer Lloyd’s consulting arm FutureShip, has been updated to include new features, including a fuel consumption calculator, system usage monitoring, benefit reporting and an E-learning module.

The merger between the classification societies DNV and GL has been approved by all competition authorities and will be operational from today.

Government officials and industry representatives met in London on 11 September to discuss the future availability of low sulphur fuel in line with stricter IMO requirements.

Seagull is adding new modules to its computer-based training (CBT) portfolio to make it easier for ship owners to comply with new legislations.

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord, has ordered a new cable laying vessel to be built by Damen Shipyards Romania.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply electric-drive systems for its side-rolling hatch covers for two new series of Greek bulk carriers.

As climbing fuel prices and increasingly stringent environmental regulations set in, Wärtsilä is seeing “considerable gas conversion potential” in the marine industry.

Kongsberg Maritime says that it has won a tender to upgrade and extend the simulation facility at Noorderpoort Eemsdollard – Energy & Maritime in Delfzil, The Netherlands.

PPG Industries has launched its flexible epoxy-based intumescent passive fire protective (PFP) coating, PITT-CHAR XP for use in environments such as the LNG market.

Reports in the US press suggest that cruise operator Carnival has agreed a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency and US Coast Guard that will exempt it from the 2015 ECA sulphur…