General News

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

The EU-funded CHEK project is evaluating the interaction between multiple energy saving devices when installed on a bulk carrier and a cruise ship, and modelling as part of the project is now…

15th November 2023

CHEK project releases mid-term results of interaction between energy saving devices

15th November 2023

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced over US$653 million to fund 41 port improvement projects across the nation under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

14th November 2023

US ports win record funding for improvements

14th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Fincantieri has signed an agreement to develop the port of Ancona with the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea (ADSP).

14th November 2023

$85m investment to expand yard capacity at Ancona

14th November 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

Engine emissions have been regulated by the IMO under MARPOL Annex VI since 2005 when the 1997 Protocol adding the annex came into effect.

13th November 2023

IMO’s Calculation Challenge For GHG Regulation

13th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Giving first form to a programme of considerable significance for the US maritime industries as a whole, the cadet training ship Empire State recently made her debut in New York. The $315m…

13th November 2023

World-Class Training Ship Raises US Profile

13th November 2023

REPAIR & CONVERSION

REPAIR & CONVERSION

OEMs, like shipowners, are facing the increasing need to ensure the operational flexibility and fuel efficiency of their power and propulsion systems as expensive new fuels gradually take hold.

13th November 2023

New Fuels Change Lifetime Equation For Equipment

13th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Progressive Indian shipbuilder Chowgule has landed a further, major order from north Europe for new-generation short-sea tonnage. Acting in concert, Boomsma Shipping of the Netherlands and Germany’s Leonhardt & Blumberg Shipmanagement have…

13th November 2023

Indian Yard Books Diesel-Electric Series

13th November 2023

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

ENERGY SAVING DEVICES

Brazilian mining company, Vale, has announced a deal to install 35-metre Rotor Sails on board a 400,000 dwt very large ore carrier (VLOC). The agreement between Vale and wind-assisted propulsion supplier Anemoi will see five…

9th November 2023

Vale to retrofit 35m Rotor Sails on board VLOC

9th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US manufacturing company ITT is to acquire privately held Svanehøj Group for around US$395 million (€370 million).

8th November 2023

ITT to acquire Svanehøj

8th November 2023

SHIPS & YARDS

SHIPS & YARDS

Hyundai Glovis, the shipping and logistics specialist of the Hyundai Motor Group, is set to order an extensive series of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) of record-breaking capacity. 

8th November 2023

Hyundai Glovis Plans World’s Largest Car Carriers

8th November 2023