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The second of four tough and unusually versatile patrol ships for the Swedish Coast Guard has been named in Germany and will be handed over soon along with the first ship in…

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced the launch of its hybrid car carrier ‘Emerald Ace’ at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe shipyard. The ship has been designed to generate zero emissions while…

China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a new joint agreement with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to work on design optimisation for the new Crown MHI bulk carrier concept.

An interim report on the Rena cargo ship grounding has revealed that the crew may have been taking a short cut which caused the incident.

Finnish company Eniram claims that its latest software product, Optimum Speed Assistant (OSA), will radically change the way the shipping industry manages speed, engine use and fuel consumption.

ABB has released details of a $60million contract to provide complete power and propulsion systems for the two cruise ships ordered by German operator AIDA from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki shipyard.

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division has concluded a four-year service contract with US-based cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line covering the maintenance of the engines on nine of the fleet’s cruise liners.

MAN Diesel & Turbo says that two Far Eastern companies have separately announced their intention to build prototypes of MAN’s two-stroke gas engine, which MAN says means the ME-GI is edging closer…

Greek company Erma First ESK Engineering Solutions says that it has received IMO final approval for its ballast water treatment system, which is based on hydrocyclonic filtration and electrolysis technologies.

Following an outline of major terms of Dubai-based DDW’s debt restructuring last week to its coordinating bank group, the group has now formally launched its restructuring proposal at a meeting of all…

Caterpillar has announced that the RBNA classification society has certified the Cat 3500C diesel electric propulsion generator set packages to meet local content regulations in Brazil.

Damen Marine Components of Hardinxveld in the Netherlands, part of the Damen Shipyards Group, says it has developed a new, more efficient and environmentally friendly, method of nozzle production.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is nailing its colours to the mast and started to regularly publish the results of several key performance indicators for its containership service, plus a number of targets.

Wärtsilä has announced the launch of a next-generation medium voltage power drive system, targeted at larger marine applications, and which will be offered alongside the company’s existing low voltage marine drives.

ECDIS manufacturer Transas Marine is to launch its own fuel efficiency monitoring system for commercial shipping, to be known as Transas Wave. The system is intended to help save fuel and reduce…

DK Group reports that it has reached agreement with Danish shipowner Dannebrog Group to install its air cavity system (ACS) technology on a 12,580dwt multi-purpose cargo ship, with a view to reducing…

Dutch company Cargo Care Solutions refers to a recent state inspection campaign that raises concerns over multiple problems with hatch openings.