General News

Wärtsilä’s environmentally-sustainable propeller shaft sealing solutions, Airguard and Oceanguard, can continue to use mineral oil as they meet the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2013 revised Vessel General Permit.

Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has signed a deal to build a self-propelled cutter suction dredger for Dutch firm IHC Global Production. The vessel is to have a length of 152m and a width…

Russian shipping company, Sovcomflot, has taken delivery of the MAN Diesel & Turbo powered LNG carrier, the ‘Velikiy Novgorod’, from South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding.

Classification society RINA has been authorised by the Danish Maritime Authority to act on its behalf to carry out plan approval and surveillance during construction on board ships using LNG as marine…

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has ordered a new 165,000m3 LNG carrier which will be built by Japan Marine United of Tokyo.

DNV GL has officially opened its new Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore to meet growing demand for its services in the region.

Engine room fires continue to be a problem for the Industry, which hasn’t learned from old lessons, says Braemar Salvage Association (SA).

Cargotec’s MacGregor has won three subsea crane orders from two far east giants in February – Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HHI) and China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry.