General News

Damen Shipyards Group delivered the fifth platform supply vessel, ‘World Opal’, in a series of six, to World Wide Supply of Norway on December 5.

The Russian government and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are considering establishing a repair base at Novorossiysk Shipyard, writes Eugene Gerden.

Wärtsilä is to supply the engineering scope for the initial, basic and production designs for a series of two LNG-powered container Ro-Ro vessels.

Parker Kittiwake has launched an updated Digi TBN test kit, designed to provide a rapid indication of total base number (TBN) depletion in scrape down cylinder lubricants with a base number range…

Bulgaria’s shipbuilder Bourgas Shipyards has been put up for sale. The shipyards’ assets are to be sold through three separate auctions, writes Jaroslaw Adamowski.

Wärtsilä has launched a two-speed marine gearbox, intended for ships with multiple operating modes or low transit speeds, such as ro-pax ferries, offshore support vessels, tugs and fishing vessels.

Damen Shipyards Group has received an order from The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government for a state-of-the-art, 80m Ice Class ferry, its first ferry contract on the East Coast of Canada.

Alfa Laval has launched a new efficient freshwater generator, the Aqua Blue, which it says cuts the need for seawater in half along with the electricity needed to power it.