General News

The Norwegian Havyard Group has received a contract from Supply Service, Faroe Islands, for a Havyard 832 L platform supply ship, the 10th in a row of this design.

Athens-based shipowner Danaos Corporation recently took delivery of two new containerships, the CMA CGM Racine and the YM Maturity, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 49 containerships aggregating 216,529 TEU.

Cargotec has developed a simulator to provide valuable, realistic training for operators of offshore load handling equipment employing advanced active heave-compensated (AHC) technology, such as AHC offshore and subsea cranes.

Following successful initial manoeuvring and propulsion trials, QinetiQ’s PACSCAT Innovative Solution Demonstrator Craft (ISDC) was recently accepted as a trials vessel by the UK Ministry of Defence.

Research by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has highlighted an environmentally friendly genetic method for prevention of fouling by barnacles on ship hulls.

Keppel Shipyard Limited in Singapore has secured a contract for the modification of the Brazilian-owned FPSO vessel OSX-1. The yard says the order is worth around S$50 million.

Building on the success of the Cat C18 ACERT marine engine, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is offering an additional rating for the inline engine to expand the power range available.

Allweiler claims to be Germany’s oldest pump manufacturer, with 150 years of manufacturing. To celebrate, the company is offering new pumps in exchange for the three oldest Allweiler pumps still in service.

Following a recent announcement centering on diesel engines, gas engine specialist GE has now reported the results of its joint development program with ABB Turbocharging for the application of two stage turbocharging…

Following a two-year break, Maersk has commenced negotiations with Chinese and Korean shipyards for ten 16,000 TEU boxships, according to Asiasis Daily News.

Norway’s Rem Offshore has ordered four large PSV vessels from local shipbuilders. Two of the contracts are with Kleven Verft for the VS 485 designed by Wärtsilä Ship Design Norway. These vessels…

The parent company of Copenhagen-based Swire Blue Ocean, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd. in Singapore, has placed an order for its first windfarm installation vessel with Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea.