General News

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

2-STROKE & 4-STROKE

Wärtsilä has introduced the marine sector’s first commercially available 4-stroke engine-based solution for ammonia as a fuel. The ammonia solution is now commercially available as part of the Wärtsilä 25 engine platform, which…

15th November 2023

Wärtsilä launches first ammonia-fuelled 4-stroke engine for maritime market

15th November 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

The EU-funded CHEK project is evaluating the interaction between multiple energy saving devices when installed on a bulk carrier and a cruise ship, and modelling as part of the project is now…

15th November 2023

CHEK project releases mid-term results of interaction between energy saving devices

15th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced over US$653 million to fund 41 port improvement projects across the nation under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

14th November 2023

US ports win record funding for improvements

14th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Fincantieri has signed an agreement to develop the port of Ancona with the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea (ADSP).

14th November 2023

$85m investment to expand yard capacity at Ancona

14th November 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

Engine emissions have been regulated by the IMO under MARPOL Annex VI since 2005 when the 1997 Protocol adding the annex came into effect.

13th November 2023

IMO’s Calculation Challenge For GHG Regulation

13th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Giving first form to a programme of considerable significance for the US maritime industries as a whole, the cadet training ship Empire State recently made her debut in New York. The $315m…

13th November 2023

World-Class Training Ship Raises US Profile

13th November 2023

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

OEMs, like shipowners, are facing the increasing need to ensure the operational flexibility and fuel efficiency of their power and propulsion systems as expensive new fuels gradually take hold.

13th November 2023

New Fuels Change Lifetime Equation For Equipment

13th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Progressive Indian shipbuilder Chowgule has landed a further, major order from north Europe for new-generation short-sea tonnage. Acting in concert, Boomsma Shipping of the Netherlands and Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg Shipmanagement have…

13th November 2023

Indian Yard Books Diesel-Electric Series

13th November 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Brazilian mining company, Vale, has announced a deal to install 35-metre Rotor Sails on board a 400,000 dwt very large ore carrier (VLOC). The agreement between Vale and wind-assisted propulsion supplier Anemoi will see five…

9th November 2023

Vale to retrofit 35m Rotor Sails on board VLOC

9th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US manufacturing company ITT is to acquire privately held Svanehøj Group for around US$395 million (€370 million).

8th November 2023

ITT to acquire Svanehøj

8th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Hyundai Glovis, the shipping and logistics specialist of the Hyundai Motor Group, is set to order an extensive series of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) of record-breaking capacity. 

8th November 2023

Hyundai Glovis Plans World’s Largest Car Carriers

8th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DNV has successfully concluded Phase 1 of its joint industry project (JIP) aimed at establishing offshore substation standards for the growing floating wind sector.

7th November 2023

Progressing new standards for offshore floating wind

7th November 2023

APPOINTMENTS

APPOINTMENTS

Classification society RINA s.p.a has announced the appointment of Carlo Luzzatto as the future CEO and General Director of RINA S.p.A. The formal confirmation of the appointment will be made at the same time as the…

7th November 2023

RINA announces appointment of new ceo

7th November 2023

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the development of a terminal facility and related facilities for hydrogen initiatives at its commercial seaports.

7th November 2023

South African ports plan their hydrogen roadmap

7th November 2023

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Wärtsilä Cargo Handling Systems have been ordered for five newbuild very large LPG carriers to be built in South Korea at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard.

7th November 2023

Wärtsilä handling systems for new LPG carrier series

7th November 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has conducted its first biofuel bunkering involving the use of a B30 HSFO-biofuel drop in blend in Korea. The bunkering of the 6,354 teu pure care and truck carrier Torrens was undertaken at Masan…

6th November 2023

Wallenius Wilhelmsen bunkers first biofuel in Korea trial

6th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has announced plans to divest its Gas Solutions business unit, alongside plans to consolidate the Exhaust Treatment and Shaft Line Solutions business lines within its Marine Power division, with…

6th November 2023

Wärtsilä announces plans to divest Gas Solutions unit

6th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A major programme of investment in support vessels tailored to the long-term needs of the offshore wind sector on the UK Continental Shelf is being rolled out by the Aberdeen company North…

6th November 2023

Tailor-Made Service Vessels For Largest Wind Farm

6th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Group Davie, the privately-owned Canadian shipbuilder, has concluded the acquisition of the assets of Helsinki Shipyard Oy.

6th November 2023

Davie concludes Helsinki shipyard acquisition

6th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

A growing production programme testifies to the resurgence of the former Hijos de J.Barreras shipyard in Spain’s Galicia region under the name Astilleros Ria de Vigo. 

6th November 2023

Workload Builds At Revived Spanish Yard

6th November 2023