General News

On 5 March 2013, a small fire broke out on new build, ‘Norwegian Getaway’, at Meyer Werft’s covered building dock II in Papenburg, Germany.

French repair yard, Damen Shiprepair Brest, has won a contract with French container shipping company, CMA CGM, to regularly service two of its container vessels.

Ulstein of Norway has entered into a contract for the delivery of a design and power package for two platform supply vessels of the PX121 design for Dutch shipowner Vroon.

On 9 April 2013, Swedish maintenance machine developer, Chris-Marine, and its Danish test equipment subsidiary, IOP Marine, will be setting off on a European road trip to showcase its diesel engine maintenance…

The Joint Industry Project (JIP) on LNG, managed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) with nine Australian partners, has concluded that LNG bunkering in Australian ports is feasible, but not without a clearer…

Hitzler Werft has launched ‘Dettmer Tank 140’, the first of up to four new 1,800dwt inland tankers described as the most modern of their type on Germany’s inland waterway network, reports Tom…

The new ro-pax LNG cruise ferry, ‘Bergensfjord’, owned and operated by the Norwegian ferry operator, Fjord Line, has been launched at Gdansk Shipyard in Poland.

US based marine engineering consultancy company, Braemar Engineering, has launched a new venture that will advise on the use of LNG as a fuel source in the offshore sector.