General News

A different approach to the ballast water controversy has been proposed by Praveen Kumar Mishra, vice president of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), the most recently-appointed member of IACS.

DNV GL has launched a new service called Build2Design to help shipyards and shipowners improve the fuel economy of their ships by reducing variations in the shipbuilding process.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to design and deliver key components for ro-ro access equipment for two Damen ice-class ro-Pax ferries.

Marine and offshore classification society ABS has released a report on LNG bunkering in North America.

Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s first deputy prime-minister, has said that Russia is considering the establishment of large commercial shipbuilding along the Crimean coastline, writes Eugene Gerden.

The European Union is funding a €1.2m grant contract, signed between the IMO and the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), to support training and capacity-building activities in Africa.

Wärtsilä Ship Design (WSD) Singapore has unveiled a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) design package aimed at ship owners and shipyards in the Asia-Pacific region.

Wärtsilä is to retrofit two Condor ro-ro ferries with its new Aquarius Ready ballast water management system (BWMS).

Leading power group, ABB has won an order from a Spanish ferry operator to supply energy management systems for one of its largest vessels.