General News

The captain of the Nils Holgersson is to be prosecuted for the ramming of the Urd as it came into the ferry port of Travemünde in Lübeck, Germany last Thursday.

Alfa Laval has reinforced its ‘pure thinking’ concept ahead of the 2015 ECA sulphur rules by re-branding its exhaust gas scrubber as ‘Pure SOx’ and launching ‘PureDry’, a waste oil recovery system,…

The 34th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference 2012 is pleased to announce attendance from a large berth of ship owners and operators for the event on 23–24 May, in Hamburg.

According to oceanographic company Tidetech, tidal optimisation is a critical tool for improving efficiency on coastal shipping routes, so it is making its tidal data available for integration into ship bridge systems.

Jumbo Heavylift’s DP2 vessel Jumbo Javelin has recently installed the first transition pieces (TP) for the Anholt Offshore windfarm in Denmark.

Austal has officially announced the opening of its marine support base in Henderson, Western Australia, intended to meet a growing demand for the company’s marine services and facilities.

Sanco Shipping has declared an option for a second seismic vessel to be built at Kleven Maritime’s Myklebust yard. ’Sanco Sword’ will be to Skipsteknisk’s ST324 CD design, and a sister to…

Merseyside, UK, yard Cammell Laird looks likely to return to shipbuilding following the announcement that Western Ferries has appointed the company as its preferred bidder to build two new vessels.

The first new Intelligent Monitoring System from Becker Marine of Germany (BIMS) has been installed on Wilhelmsen’s newbuild car carrier Titania.

Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) said on 30 April the two wind farm installation ships ‘Victoria Mathias’ and ‘Friedrich Ernestine’, at the yard since February for unspecified work, will be completed in May…

The Greek owned bulk carrier, Akiba, which was recently grounded off the coast of Maputo, Mozambique, has been successfully refloated - thanks to the expertise of Rotterdam’s Fairmount Marine.

A group led by the University of Tokyo has launched its own hybrid ship concept, the ‘UT Wind Challenger’, based on a combination of sail power and engines, claimed to cut fuel…

Claims have been appearing in the media that a company has redefined marine propulsion, saying that its system increases propulsion efficiency and reduces emissions by at least 75% for various sizes of…

Scania has introduced a new 16-litre diesel engine, intended to replace the existing similarly-sized engine in the Swedish engine company’s high speed marine diesel portfolio, writes Dag Pike.