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Orkot Marine Bearings, developed and manufactured by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, are playing a vital role contributing to the build of what is currently the world’s largest container ship.

UK-based Lomar Shipping Ltd is expanding with the addition of six container ships to its fleet and has declared options on five newbuilds and announced two new orders for bulk carriers, all…

The future of the insolvent German shipyard Volkswerft remains unclear after local authorities failed to choose a buyer saying there were new questions which had to be answered, reports Tom Todd.

Norway’s Kleven is to build another PSV for long-term customer Rem Offshore. The vessel will be specially designed to operate in challenging arctic conditions.

UK based Mojo Maritime and Germanys Hammonia Reederei GmbH & Co are to finance and build a completely new class of offshore construction vessels set to “revolutionise” the offshore construction sector.

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard is to build a new dual-fuel icebreaker for the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA), a contract worth €123m.

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has launched this year’s World Maritime Day theme, “IMO conventions: effective implementation”, with the hope that 2014 could see genuine progress .

Island Offshore has received the ‘MV Island Dawn’, the third platform supply vessel in a series of four Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD designs built by Vard Brevik shipyard.