General News

MAN Diesel & Turbo reports that Kawasaki Heavy Industry (KHI) has celebrated the 100th anniversary of its engine-manufacturing license with MAN Diesel & Turbo.

Several German shipyards have revealed they are turning to repair to help fill gaps left by a shortage of newbuilding orders, but that the competition for repair is also growing.

British merchant ships sailing off the coast of Somalia will be allowed to carry armed guards to deter pirates in future.

Osaka Gas has entered into an agreement with Mitsui OSK Lines for joint ownership of two new LNG carriers and a placement of ship-building orders to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Irish Sea ro-ro freight operator Seatruck has launched and named the second in its series of four new vessels building at FSG Flensburg in Germany. The ship has been named ‘Seatruck Power’.

Cunard has announced that its flagship cruise vessel, the ‘Queen Mary 2’, is shortly to dock at the Blohm & Voss repair yard in Hamburg, Germany, for an extensive interior refit.

The Motorship’s second Gas Fuelled Ships conference, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, ended on a high note on 27 October. Chairman John Aitken, secretary general of SEAaT, pronounced the two-day event a…

Two identical inland gas tanker ships have joined the fleet of German shipping company Lehnkering Reederei in Duisburg following construction which has involved shipyards in both Romania and Holland.

The second day of the Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Rotterdam – now underway – began with a roundup by conference chairman John Aitken of SEAaT of the previous day’s discussion…

US naval architecture and research company M Ship Co says that its REI (rapid empirical innovation) technology allows it to take hull testing away from the towing tank and test scale ship…

A device that can absorb carbon dioxide directly from the air, equivalent to several thousand trees, is being showcased as part of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Air Capture Week.

The second Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference got underway on 26 October in Rotterdam, where a capacity audience gathered in the main meeting room at the top of the Inntel Rotterdam Centre…

Eco Marine Power (EMP) has announced that it has selected Corvus Energy as a strategic technology provider for a range of ongoing development projects for environmentally-friendly ships.

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is to provide four MaK engines - two 6 M 25 C and two 9 M 25 C - for the diesel electric system for an offshore supply…