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German propulsion specialist Schottel has added a rim thruster, designated SRT, to its portfolio. The SRT is targeted mainly at offshore support ships, inland waterway vessels and large yachts.

Energy efficiency and new shipping strategies has been a major focus of the Posidonia 2012 international shipping exhibition taking place in Greece this week.

The Liberian Registry has introduced a sophisticated programme to screen advance notice of ship arrivals as part of a detention prevention plan.

One of Germany’s most successful shipyard groups – P&S Werften – is threatened by cash-flow problems and reportedly needs more than €200 million to carry on, some of it immediately to pay…

Wärtsilä says that it now has its dual-fuel engines in 100 LNG carrier vessels, following delivery of one such ship from a South Korean shipyard. These 100 LNG Carriers represent about 25%…

Wilhelmsen Ships Service is launching a new service, which it calls the Active Solutions portal. This is a new electronic service for its marine chemicals customers, replacing paper product data sheets and…

The new flagship for Carnival Cruise Lines, ‘Carnival Breeze’ was delivered at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard this week.