General News

Japanese manufacturer Furuno is to launch a new ECDIS, said to deliver a significant enhancement over its predecessor in terms of user interface and functionality, in readiness for forthcoming carriage requirements.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has set up a joint industry project to investigate the feasibility of LNG bunkering in Singapore in collaboration with Det Norske Veritas (DNV).

Germany’s P+S Shipyard in Stralsund has rolled out Copenhagen the second of two 169.5m newbuildings for Danish-German Baltic ferry operator Scandlines.

International classification society RINA, has been approved by Sweden’s Clean Shipping Project, to perform verification checks to ships as per the Clean Shipping Index requirement.

Russia’s largest shipowner, Sovcomflot, has chosen dual-fuel MAN 51/60DF engines for an LNG carrier newbuilding programme comprising two firm newbuilding orders with an option for two further vessels.

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has charged the owner of the cargo vessel Rena, following its grounding on the astrolabe off Tauranga on 5 October.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has reported strong growth in the number of Japanese and North East Asian companies signing up for its Ships Agency Re-Defined (SARD) service.

The cargo ship, MS Carrier, which ran aground off the coast of north Wales on Tuesday night, is not expected to present a huge pollution disaster, according to the UK Environment Agency…