General News

FloaTEC Singapore, an equal joint venture between Keppel FELS and J Ray McDermott, signed a contract worth about $1 billion with the Papa-Terra joint venture, consisting of Petrobras and Chevron, to build…

After successful results with four existing ro-ro vessels, Cobelfret has ordered the coating of the thruster tunnels of five newbuild vessels, four of which have been coated recently.

An optimised propeller from MAN Diesel has helped the Scandlines 21,154 grt ro-pax ferry Sassnitz achieve increased efficiency of 12% on its daily sail between Trelleborg, Sweden and Sassnitz, Germany.

Hyundai Heavy Industries has produced an aggregate of 20 million horsepower in 4-stroke engines in the record time of 19 years and 7 months.

Still in the grip of an economic downturn, the shipping industry is struggling to manage the gap between shrinking budgets and the costs of maintaining quality safety and environmental performance through competence.…

Ulstein Group says that it has invested nearly NOK 200 million in new projects of late. “It is during downturns that it’s important to invest in the future,” says Ulstein deputy CEO…

Azimuthing propulsion and manoeuvering systems specialist Schottel has announced the appointment of Stone Marine Services as its sales partner in the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic.

Hyundai Heavy Industries has won a tender to build an FPSO unit for the Goliat project. The tender for the Goliat FPSO was initially floated by Eni Norge AS (Eni) in June…

Singapore-based Ecospec Global Technology and its representative office in Europe, Ecospec Scandinavia, have signed a technology agreement with Dutch shipping company ForestWave Navigation to incorporate Ecospec’s CSNOx technology for six newbuildings.

AIDA Cruises’ newest addition to the fleet, AIDAblu is the fourth ship in a series of seven Sphinx class cruise ships powered by MaK engines.

Incat Crowther announced the launch of the 29m long, 8.50m wide utility catamaran Limitless. The vessel follows up on the highly successful Unlimited, a 24m utility catamaran designed by Incat Crowther for…

Strengthening its presence in the Caspian Region, Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) joins with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC) to develop and manage…

Today Ian Lucas, Minister for Business issued a call to action to the UK marine industries to collaborate on their common goal of strengthening this sector’s global market position over the next…

Rolls-Royce has received an order worth over $20 million to supply diesel generator sets and thrusters to Houston-based offshore engineering and construction company J Ray McDermott.

Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) in Singapore has delivered the semisubmersible accommodation rig, Floatel Superior, 43 days early, to Bermuda-based Floatel International (Floatel).

The Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Group plans to order at least 12 new container ships to ride out the economic recovery in 2012. The proposed newbuildings will be between 7,000 and 8,000…