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Kongsberg Maritimes simulation division has signed a contract to deliver a range of offshore simulators, including a vessel simulator with main bridge and an assisting vessel simulator, to the newly founded Haugesund…

UK company Ultra Dynamics has unveiled a new 1100kW waterjet, the Ultrajet UJ525.

The Liberian Registry is offering tanker owners and operators a VOC management plan review and approval service to help them achieve compliance with impending IMO legislation governing air pollution.

Furthering Royal Caribbean Cruises’ commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas footprint by one-third per available passenger cruise day by 2015, the cruise line announced that it is partnering with Ecospec to install…

Danish shipping company ESVAGT has ordered a standby / rescue vessel of the Ulstein X-Bow SX123 design. The vessel is a part of emergency preparedness in the Goliat field for operator Eni…

The US federal agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $73.6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contract to Fincantieri Marine Group’s Marinette Marine Corporation located in Marinette, USA.

Austal has successfully launched Maltese operator Virtu Ferries’ new 106.50m long, 23.8m wide high speed vehicle-passenger catamaran Jean de la Valette at its Western Australian facility.

Alfa Laval has received two orders of record size for its PureBallast systems from two leading shipyards in Korea to be installed on board 14 container vessels under construction for A.P Møller-Maersk.

Austal has unveiled its new range of high speed transfer vessels specifically designed for the burgeoning offshore wind farm industry.

The Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. has awarded the building contract for the dynamically positioned platform installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel ‘Pieter Schelte’ to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).

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

In a breakthrough deal, Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the Brazilian industrial group Quip to supply three main power modules for a new P-63 FPSO vessel.