General News

The UK’s marine safety systems provider, Martek Marine, has advised shipping companies to carry an adequate number of maintained and certified gas detectors to avoid potential corporate manslaughter charges.

International ship designer, Ulstein Verft, has delivered the fourth of six medium sized platform supply vessels (PSVs) of the PX121 series to Blue Ship Invest, a wholly owned company in the Ulstein…

UK/French short sea ferry company Brittany Ferries is in a quandary – it’s starting a new Fastcat service from Portsmouth to Le Havre this week, but this could be unsustainable if fuel…

The UK Chamber of Shipping and leading wildlife conservation and animal welfare charities are calling on the UK Government and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to review the legal discharge status of…

One of the UK’s leading maritime trainers, Warsash Maritime Academy (WMA), has designed a new scaled container ship model to extend its training capability for seafaring pilots, masters and ships officers.

Rome-based classification society RINA Group has entered into a framework agreement to supply certification and engineering services to UAE-based Drydocks World - Dubai.

Finnish research specialist, Aker Arctic Technology, has unveiled a new version of its Oblique Icebreaker, which offers increased capability for terminal operations, ice management and oil spill response in freezing seas.

Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a contract to deliver drillship propulsion to the drilling giant Transocean - it marks the 100th drillship to feature Rolls-Royce propulsion equipment.