General News

SB Broneske (Schwingungstechnik-Bronekse GmbH) has received Lloyd’s Register Type Approval for single steel pipe bulkhead penetration.

Tanker operator Eitzen Chemical is implementing Jotuns Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) system on two of its largest chemical carriers.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, otherwise known as “K” Line, has reached agreements with two shipbuilders to build four next generation car carrier vessels.

The Korean Register (KR) is to supply the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) with a new generation ‘RuleCheck’ system for port state control officers (PSCOs) in the Paris MOU region.

UK-based marine aerofoil technology company Oceanfoil says that it has formed partnerships with naval architects Owen Clarke Design and University College London’s Energy Institute (UCL-Energy) to further develop the company’s wingsails for…

The European TEN-T (Trans-European Network for Transport) programme recently announced funding for several major projects designed to encourage setting up of LNG bunkering facilities for ships in Europe.

Wärtsilä is to supply the design and integrated solutions for a new LNG powered large platform supply vessel (PSV) for Siem Offshore.

UK-based company Marine Software has upgraded its Marine Planned Maintenance, Marine Storekeeper and Marine Purchasing software products with a new system ‘Status’ feature.

ClassNK executive vice president Toshitomo Matsui has announced that the Tokyo-based classification society’s casualty analysis and investigation into the ‘MOL Comfort’ sinking will take longer than initially expected.