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At Nor-Shipping 2013, classification society Germanischer Lloyd launched a manual aimed at shipowners wishing to explore retrofitting solutions to ensure that existing vessels remain economic, and announced that, in the society’s opinion,…

The 2013 Nor-Shipping Awards for energy efficiency and innovative ship design were presented at the Nor-Shipping Opening Conference.

Rolls-Royce announced at Nor-Shipping 2013 that it will partner Spanish shipping company Baleária in a new LNG conversion project for its high speed ferries - the propulsion expert’s first LNG project in…

Inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel, ‘Seven Viking’, designed and built by Norway’s Ulstein, has been announced as the winner of ‘Ship of the Year 2013’ at this years Nor Shipping.

The merger between DNV and GL, announced in December 2012, is proceeding smoothly, albeit slowly, with the integration-planning in process in both companies, and the competition filing being undertaken on a global…

Rolls-Royce reports the delivery of ‘Island Crown’, the latest of several ships to the company’s UT 776 CD design of platform supply vessel for Island Offshore.

ABB says it has secured orders worth almost $40 million from three gas transportation players to supply power and electric propulsion equipment for LNG carriers to be built in South Korea.

Incat Crowther’s first dual fuel fast ferry has commenced sea trials in Hobart Tasmania – it’s the world’s first high speed ro-ro to use LNG as its primary fuel.

Norwegian shipbuilder, Kleven, has completed and christened platform supply vessel, ‘Rem Fortune’ – the 14th vessel to be built for fellow Norwegian offshore shipping specialist, Rem Offshore.

Caterpillar has formally announced that it is developing a dual-fuel version of another of its MaK medium-speed propulsion engines.

Rolls-Royce has announced the delivery of the first vessel in its Environship series, which has been handed over to Norwegian company Eidsvaag from the Vard (formerly STX) Aukra yard.

Inland shipping companies, VEKA Group and DEEN Shipping, have joined forces and combined experiences in a bid to develop the small scale LNG market under the name VEKA DEEN LNG.

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.