General News

Netherland’s based IHC Sealing Solutions and Sweden’s Berg Propulsion have further strengthened their cooperation by signing a General Purchase Agreement (GPA) at SMM 2012 this week.

International shipping services company, Graig Group, and global freight group, the Global Maritime Investments Group, are continuing their partnership to provide Chinese shipyards with safe havens and tailor made solutions for problematic…

Major newbuildings in jeopardy because of the insolvency of Germany’s P&S Yards will be completed and naval obligations honoured, a court-appointed administrator has pledged, writes Tom Todd.

Rolls-Royce says that it has won a ‘Ship of the Year’ industry award for its new wave piercing ship design. The Far Solitaire, a UT 754 WP PSV was named ‘Ship of…

Lloyd’s Register has introduced its latest performance optimisation service, aimed at supporting shipowners, builders and designers to develop more efficient new and existing ship designs and retrofits for vessels already in service.

Belgian medium speed engine company ABC has launched a new engine at SMM in Hamburg. The 6DL36 is rated at up to 5,299bhp at 750rpm and is said to comply with IMO…

MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of German based propulsion solutions company MTU Friedrichshafen, and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, recently open a training centre for service staff in Cartagena, Spain.

Canadian ship owner, CSL, has removed oil from the stern tube and equipped nine of its new builds with Thordon seawater lubricated propeller shaft bearings in a bid to comply with the…

Dr Carsten Wiebers, global head maritime industries, KfW IPEX-Bank, talked about the importance of green ship funding at the global maritime environmental congress (gmec) at the SMM 2012 trade fair this week.